Menards Calamity Caboose

I like it! No room for it though.

I was going to get one and just put it on a display shelf along with some photos I had of engine mishaps.

For one brief moment I thought the title of the thread meant Menards had tried to update the old Marklin calamity train.  In the first decade of the 20th Century Marklin offered a train with a consist of spring loaded passenger cars each with an extended bumper.  When you slammed on the brakes (brought the train to a sudden stop) the cars would slam together, the extra long bumpers would retract, release the springs and all of the cars would fly apart to simulate a train wreck - somewhat in the manner of the Lionel exploding boxcar.  The cars were made of metal and the parts were jagged edged to give the impression of a real collision.  Needless to say, the survival rate of these cars is quite low and, if they can be found, will command a premium price today.