N-26-M First Class Motor Carriage (Powered)

The N-26-M motor carriages were first placed in service in 1961, with further orders placed over the years until 1983. All carriages were manufactured by UCW in South Africa, making them part of the 5M2A series. They had medium sized guards compartment between the equipment compartment and the passenger saloon. They could be found wherever suburban services were run.

They were produced both with and without heating gear, with the heating gear equipped stock running in the Transvaal, and unheated stock running in Natal and the Cape. This can be seen externally, with stock having heating gear fitted having the hoods on either end of the roof and the cable that ran between them.

They can be divided roughly into 4 eras, Early, Mid-Early, Mid-Late and Late as follows:
  Early:
    Large round headlight
    Cab front door
    Windows in cab front door and saloon rear door
    Diamond pantograph
  Mid-Early:
    Headlight changed to small round
  Mid-Late:
    Headlight changed to twin sealed beam
    Windows in cab front door and saloon rear door deleted
  Late:
    Cab front door and most roof duckboards deleted.
    Single arm pantograph fitted

The models feature sprung inter-carriage foot connectors, this is a feature exclusive to SARMODEL.

The models are supplied unweighted to reduce shipping cost. Weight can be added with stick-on tyre balancing weights. We recommend overhead projector film for glazing. All that is required to complete the model is paint, decals and 0.6mm nickel-silver wire for handrails and busbars.