1,000 of these vans were built between 1952 and 1930 to carry ripening bananas from ports, such as Avonmouth, Garston on the Mersey and London to inland warehouses. The vans were steam heated by means of through pipes from the locomotive. The steam heating was done away with in the 1950's and after this the steam pipes were removed as were the end ventilators. These vans lasted in service until the early 1960's. Includes Transfers for LMS and BR periods.