To meet the rapid rise in demand for bananas shipped in from the Caribbean, specially constructed steam heated banana vans were manufactured with plywood cladding and insulated bodies that allowed bananas to be shipped in green and ripened en-route.
This banana van model is of a later 1950’s variant that was steam piped allowing the easy running of interconnected block trains.
It features highly detailed body moulding, a weathered finish, profiled wheels, NEM pockets with self centering couplings and accurately applied livery.
