N 50' Waffle Box Car MEC #29058 (ATH-1901)

An N-scale 50-foot waffle box car from MEC is a detailed freight model designed to add authentic North American operations to an N-scale layout.

It features screw-mounted trucks for precise tracking and is equipped with McHenry knuckle spring couplers, with compatibility for both Code 55 and Code 80 track. The model comes packaged in a jewel box for display and safe storage, and it benefits from crisp painting and printing plus a minimum curve radius of 9 3/4 inches for smooth operation on typical layouts. The waffle-style indentations inside the car make securing loads faster and more cost-efficient, allowing pallets to be forklift-loaded and secured to prevent damage. Background notes explain that waffle box cars were designed to simplify load securing, reducing labor compared with standard boxcars.