Bean Vans

The Sodor Bean Company have special ventilated vans used for transporting beans.

Miscellaneous
These vans first appeared in Thomas, where he was tasked with picking up a load of beans from the farm. The train was suddenly bashed off the rails by Diesel 10 and the sacks of beans spilt. The beans later turn into a towering beanstalk with railway tracks. Thomas leaves the vans behind and decides to bravely travel up the beanstalk. The vans were later rerailed by Judy and Jerome.

These vans were also found in Africa. Thomas was tasked to pull a train, which consisted of some of these vans, to Dar es Salaam Docks. Nia buffered up to the back of one of these vans, and helped Thomas deliver his load.

Personalities
Vans on Sodor fall under the category of Troublesome Trucks. It can be assumed vans in Africa are somewhat silly but polite like other African trucks.

Types of sentient vans:

Basis
These vans are a freelance design, they are modified from the Livestock Wagons with covered sides.

Livery
These vans have been seen painted red, green, brown and grey and have white lettering and numbering. They also carry the Sodor Bean Company logo on the front and both sides. The lettering reads "E" and "SD", all vans have the number "20800".

Some African variants of these wagons have "Dakar Railway" written on them, while others lack writing altogether.

Appearances
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Books

 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Thomas and the Beanstalk and Big World! Big Adventures!