Espresso is the Italian Rome - Milan Express engine.
Personality
Flamboyantly Italian, Espresso can be played similar to Bobo in style, as a confident, romantic European. Espresso tends to be very flirty, even to the point of finding young ladies in the audience to flirt with. Espresso and Bobo are often played as direct rivals.
Role
In the original London production he raced with Buffy in Heat 1 and loses, and that's pretty much his only spotlight. In other productions, he races with Ashley in heat 2. He and Bobo spend so much of the race fighting, that Poppa gets past to win comfortably. In the 2018 revisions to the German production, he now races with Volta.
In the Japan/Australia tour he was known as Esspresso, with his twin named "Pendelino". Espresso raced with Buffy in Heat 1, and Pendelino in heat 2 with Caboose.
He is cut from the 2003 US and 2004 UK tours, as he was not included in the reduced race structure used for the 3D Race films.
Appearance
Gallery
Cast
London
| 1984 - 1985 | Ruel George Campbell |
| 1985 - 1986 | Maynard Williams |
| 1986 - 1987 | Bob Lee Dysinger |
| 1987 - 1988 | Robert Northwood |
| 1988 - 1989 | ? |
| 1989 - 1990 | ? |
| 1990 - 1991 | Peter David |
| 1991 - 1992 | Robert Northwood |
| 1992 - 1994 | Craig Cameron |
| 1994 - 1996 | Robert Northwood |
| 1996 - 1997 | Andrew Spillett |
| 1997 - 1998 | Richard Twyman |
| 1998 - 1999 | Todd Talbot |
| 1999 - 2000 | Chris Bennett |
| 2000 - 2001 | Craig Scott |
| 2001 - 2002 | Jamie Capewell |
Broadway
| 1987 - 1989 | Philip Clayton |
Japan / Australia Tours
| 1987 | Espresso | Anthony Marciona |
| Pendelino | Bob Lee Dysinger | |
| 1990 | Espresso | Yuuki Saito |
| Pendelino | Hideki Tachibana |
Bochum, Germany
| 1988 - 1989 | Frido Ruth |
| 1989 - 1990 | Preston Simpson / Noah Jordan |
| 1990 - 1991 | Noah Jordan / Stuart Cross |
| 1991 - 1992 | Stuart Cross / Michael Petersson |
| 1992 - 1993 | Ole Solomon Junge / Ricky Mujica |
| 1993 - 1995 | Ricky Mujica |
| 1995 - 1996 | David Reynolds |
| 1996 - 1998 | Philip Lee Clark |
| 1998 - 1999 | Marco Heinrich |
| 1999 - 2000 | Paul Craig |
| 2000 - 2001 | Martyn Andrews |
| 2001 - 2002 | Gianni Salvucci |
| 2002 - 2004 | Joshua Feldschuh |
| 2004 - 2005 | David Pellerin |
| 2005 - 2006 | Joshua Feldschuh |
| 2006 - 2007 | Adam Floyd |
| 2007 - 2008 | Nathan Sloan |
| 2008 - 2009 | Gareth Bailey |
| 2009 - 2010 | Adam Sheffield |
| 2010 - 2011 | Nic Ineson |
| 2011 - 2012 | Michael Eborall |
| 2012 - 2013 | Graham Harvey |
| 2013 - 2014 | James Jacob-Lomas |
| 2014 - 2015 | Adam Bailey |
| 2015 - 2016 | Jason Gray |
| 2016 - 2017 | Joseph Connor |
| 2017 - 2018 | Darius James |
| 2018 - 2019 | Anthony Hughes |
| 2019 - 2020 | Terence Uphoff |
| 2020 - 2021 | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Gary Sheridan |
| 05/2022 - 08/2022 | Kristian Jacobs |
| 09/2022 - 2023 | Terence Uphoff |
US Tour 1989 - 1991
| 1989 - 1991 | Steven Cates |
Las Vegas 1993 - 1997
| 1993 - 1994 | C. C. Brown |
| 1994 - 1995 | Eric Jordan Young |
| 1995 - 1996 | ? |
| 1996 - 1997 | Ron McKay |
| 1997 - close | Tony Cordell |
US Tour 2003 - 2004 (cut)
UK Tours 2004 - 2008 (cut)
NZ Tour 2009 (cut)
UK Tour 2012-2013 (cut)
