OR76BAN003 Great Eastern Banana Van LNER (post 1937) 632877 option-set-235 The brightness of each output

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Purchased by Julian Birley

For all enthusiastic model building fans who are looking for a real challenge

the company’s small beginnings as a filling station and local recovery operation have grown into one of the biggest and fastest growing operations in the UK

they were painted in BR blue/grey and started to venture further afield on ‘Motorail’ services from London and northern England to the West of England

OR76BAN003 Great Eastern Banana Van LNER (post 1937) 632877 option-set-235 The brightness of each outputBuilt 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