OR76BAN004 Great Eastern Banana Van Patched SR 632849 Brand_Pegasus-Hobbies Ideal for collectors

Ideal for collectors

Address 00 for operation of one loco or MU consist without decoders

You’ve seen it in Western livery and with an Eastern colour scheme and here it is once more as operated by Alexander Northern Scottish

The first examples of these cars built by Budd would be delivered to the Chicago

the vans were through-piped for steam heating and were rated to run at express speeds with passenger trains

OR76BAN004 Great Eastern Banana Van Patched SR 632849 Brand_Pegasus-Hobbies Ideal for collectorsBuilt in 1923 by the newly formed LNER, the GER Diagram 85 banana vans were built to transport imported bananas under carefully controlled conditions. Based on a Great Eastern Railway goods van, these vans featured vacuum brakes, steam heating, and thick insulation to keep the fruit at a stable 57F from dockside to distribution centres like Stratford Market in East London. Only 100 were constructed, numbered 632822632921. Some were later loaned to the