Yes ... My son tells me all the time he loves when they use the caboose as a shoving platform. It's easier to stand on the platform vs hanging off of a box car.
He also tells me when they use an engine with three axle trucks there are some switches that are troublesome. So if they want to set three cars in a siding, they might grab three or four extra cars and a caboose to set the first three so the engine does not have to run through the switch.
Plus it looks cool.
