Accurascale OO ACC2052 BR ex-SR D1478 D1479 Banana Vans 1948-1950 Triple Pack SR Red Oxide Early BR Lettering
Mixed pack of three Southern Railway insulated banana vans from diagrams D1478 and D1479 in early British Railways service painted in SR post-WW2 red oxide livery BR lettering. Wagon numbers S50610 (D1478), S50619 & S50870 (both D1479).
Detailed models of the second design of insulated banana vans built by the Southern Railway for banana traffic from Southampton docks. This pack contains one of the first design diagram D1478 and two of the later D1479 wagons finished in SR red oxide livery with early British Railways lettering, as running after nationalisation.
Following the docking of a refrigerated banana ship several block trains of these banana vans would have been dispatched from Southampton to the major fruit markets across Britain. These banana trains were equipped with vacuum train brakes throughout, so ran at express goods speeds, up to 60mph.