Ice Cream Railway Vans (T&F)

Thomas & Friends

For other uses, see Ice Cream Railway Vans.

Ice Cream Vans are specialised vans used to transport ice cream and other related ingredients.

The Sodor Ice Cream Factory own at least four of these vans. On one hot summer's day, the Ice Cream Factory manager arranged for Thomas to deliver ice cream to Norramby as the stall there had ran out of ice cream.^[1]

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The ice cream vans are based on London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Diagram 102 12 Ton Ventilated Vans. These vans were owned by the LNER with some later being owned by British Railways.

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The ice cream vans are painted cream with the Sodor Ice Cream Factory logo on their sides. Their rooftops are painted dark grey.

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Two of the ice cream vans are currently on display at Drayton Manor.
The Hornby model of the ice cream van is based on an LNER 8 Ton Ventilated Refrigerator Van rather than the LNER 12 ton Ventilated Van seen in the television series. This was presumably done for the sake of realism, as non-refrigerated vans would be unsuitable for the transportation of ice cream and would likely cause it to melt enroute.
In the merchandising ranges, the ice cream vans are repurposed from the Utility Vans, Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Open Trucks and Vans.

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Bachmann (HO, G and N scale; HO discontinued)
Hornby (discontinued)
TrackMaster (discontinued)

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↑ T&F S8 #25 "Too Hot for Thomas"

North Western Railway

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Locomotives	Steam	Thomas \| Edward \| Henry \| Gordon \| James \| Percy \| Toby \| Duck \| Donald and Douglas \| Oliver \| Emily \| Bill and Ben \| Stepney \| Harvey \| Fergus \| Arthur \| Murdoch \| Molly \| Neville \| Rosie \| Whiff \| Billy \| Stanley \| Hank \| Flora \| Victor \| Charlie \| Bash and Dash \| Ferdinand \| Scruff \| Belle \| Porter \| Timothy \| Marion \| Ryan \| Dustin \| Nia \| Rebecca \| Sonny
	Diesel	Diesel \| Daisy \| BoCo \| Mavis \| Derek \| 'Arry and Bert \| Diesel 10 \| Salty \| Dennis \| Den \| Dart \| Paxton \| Norman \| Sidney \| Philip
	Other	Flynn \| Winston \| Stafford
	Former	Hiro \| Glynn \| Coffee Pots
Rolling Stock	Passenger	Annie and Clarabel \| Henrietta \| Old Slow Coach \| Slip Coaches \| Hannah \| Dexter \| Green Express Coaches \| Emily's Coaches \| Toby's Museum Coach \| Flora's Tram Coach \| Open-Topped Carriages
	Goods	Troublesome Trucks \| Troublesome Vans \| The Spiteful Brake Van \| Toad \| Troublesome Tankers \| James' Trucks \| Thomas' Trucks \| Hector \| The Calliope
	Other	The Breakdown Train (Judy and Jerome) \| Rocky \| Gordon's Snow Machine \| The Pump Trolley \| The Photographer's Draisine
Non-Rail Vehicles		Big Mickey \| Cranky \| Kevin \| Carly
People		Sir Topham Hatt \| Old Bailey \| Mr. Conductor \| Grandfather Hatt \| Mr. Arkwright \| Mr. Perkins
Lines		The Main Line \| Ffarquhar Branch Line \| Brendam Branch Line \| The Little Western \| Toby's Branch Line \| Stepney's Branch Line \| The Loop Line \| The Headland Line* \| The Secondary Loop Line* \| Peel Godred Branch Line \| Kirk Ronan Branch Line \| Norramby Branch Line \| Coaling Plant Branch Line \| Ulfstead Branch Line \| The Main Line Loop \| Misty Valley Branch Line \| Killdane Branch Line \| Harwick Branch Line**

[1] T&F S8 #25 "Too Hot for Thomas"

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Ice Cream Railway Vans (T&F)

Technical Details[]

Basis[]

Livery[]

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Thomas & Friends[]

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Trivia[]

Merchandise[]

Gallery[]

Thomas & Friends[]

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Behind the Scenes[]

Merchandise[]

References[]