Country Joe posted:As far as I know, yes, it's safe. I have a K-Line smoking caboose and haven't had a problem with it. I run LC+ and DCS with 18 volts to the track.
Unless that caboose has the CMD/CONV switch, I'd modify it for 18 volt operation. I've seen a number of melted sides on smoking cabooses. The smoking boxcars and tankcars normally have a regulator for the smoke units, but the caboose typically doesn't.