Southern Railway banana vans
DIAGRAM D1478 and D1479 banana vans are added to the growing and increasingly diverse collection of ‘OO’ gauge Accurascale wagons.
They were specifically designed to convey bananas from import docks to ripening facilities and distribution points in the hinterland in the best possible condition. It was lucrative business for all of the railway companies, justifying the construction of vehicles capable of transporting them safely in all conditions, which meant they were fitted with
