RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2021 Photo taken of this train in Woking yard in the early 1980s by a friend’s father. The question is what is it? It looks like a rail grinding train (Speno?) but Google images drew a blank. It has an Eastern European look about it. Can anyone identify it? Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2021 I think it is a Italian Speno rail grinder. Going OT I love the Maestro and sherpa vans 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted March 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2021 Thanks to HMRSPaul (Paul Bartlett). Speno Bogie URR Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2021 19 hours ago, russ p said: Going OT I love the Maestro and sherpa vans You wouldn't if you to run a fleet of the bl**dy things 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2021 19 hours ago, russ p said: Going OT I love the Maestro and sherpa vans A joke surely? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodyfox Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 It's the Speno. It's sat in what was known at the time as Harry's Road. This was the C&W repair road in the Down Yard. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: You wouldn't if you to run a fleet of the bl**dy things I used to quite like driving the old BR sherpas, the noise of those diesel engines was a very british late 80s sound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2021 2 hours ago, melmerby said: A joke surely? Have you not noticed the Maestro van on my picture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 I spent a while working near-enough-to-hear the guy who ran the southern region van fleet at HQ. A Yorkshireman, not much above 5ft tall, and incredibly loud-voiced. His tag line, which always came out when someone had pranged a vehicle was: "Next time that man wants transport, give 'im a fooking bike!" (please imagine broad Yorkshire accent). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold C126 Posted March 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2021 If you will forgive me for 'blowing my own trumpet', I did my best to photograph it comprehensively when parked in Eastbourne Goods Yard in 1987: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/4674-br-s-dept-wagons-and-stock-1980s-and-90s/ Scoll to the second page of photos. Hope this is of help if you were thinking of modelling it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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