Well today I have an old favorite, I just re-discovered this gal as I was moving some items around to get some new trains on the layout and "out she popped!" So here is the Lionel (MPC) Jersey Central Lines caboose from 1973-74 and 1975-76 u so this old gal is from the early days of MPC, nearly 50 years ago!. She had some premium features (for the time) with railings and ladders on both ends and an operating coupler on both ends. She also had an add on smokestack and thus you have a reasonably premium caboose, no illumination however which seems a little strange given the other premium features but there you have it.
I do have a JC FM diesel loco that I don't often run (almost too long) but maybe I will break it out to give this one a bit of a run.
Best Wishes
Don