RMweb Gold Darius43 9,532 Posted March 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2 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
russ p 6,502 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 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
RMweb Gold Darius43 9,532 Posted March 2 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2 Thanks to HMRSPaul (Paul Bartlett). Speno Bogie URR Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster 111,962 Posted March 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3 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
melmerby 15,308 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 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
woodyfox 1,001 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 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
russ p 6,502 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 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
russ p 6,502 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 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
Nearholmer 32,665 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 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
Members C126 715 Posted March 4 Members Share Posted March 4 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
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