 the annual modern railways golden spanners awards were held on friday 25th november with porterbrook taking home three gold two silver and two bronze awards the spanners is the annual event at which the rolling stock sector meets to celebrate improvements in train maintenance practices and reliability the latest awards means that porterbrook has now won a total of 56 golden spanners in the years since they commenced this year porterbrooks winning fleets are golden spanners south western railway class 455 ex br emu west midlands trains class 350 2 1st generation new emu south western railway class 159 0 ex br dmu silver spanners northern trains class 155 ex br dmu east midlands railway class 170 1st generation new dmu bronze spanners govia thameslink railway class 387 1st generation new emu govia thameslink railway class 171 1st generation new dmu 