A caption search indicates that this is the only steam banana van on RAILSCOT. Routing steam (for heating) through a banana van ripens the fruit in transit - multi-tasking, you might say - and avoids the need to build sheds in which to ripen bananas see image 43751.
Location: Horsted Keynes
Original line: East Grinstead to Culver Junction (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway)
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Date: 31/03/2018
Image number: 65919