 porterbrook maintained its track record for fleet excellence at the 2024 modern railways golden spanner awards securing another four gold spanners and two silver spanners the golden spanners is an annual awards ceremony for the rail industry celebrating the uks most reliable fleets as a result of this years wins porterbrook now has a total of 68 golden spanners this year porterbrooks winning fleets are gold spanners ex br dmu south western railway class 159 0 ex br emu south western railway class 455 1st generation new emu govia thameslink railway class 387 1 wild card northern class 150 silver spanners ex br emu nothern class 323 1st generation new dmu cross country class 170 