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GWR 4-4-0 No 3440 City of Truro with a GWR mail coach at the Old Oak Common Open Day 5 August 2000 Digital photo by Peter Hewitt (peter.j.hewitt@btinternet.com - email me for a full-size, uncompressed image)

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An hour or so later City of Truro made an even more aggressive assault on the fearsome 1 in 36/44 (2.77%/2.27%) grades of Dainton Bank. Seen here on the last section of the hill before entering Dainton Tunnel, the City is travelling at 36.5mph (58.4kph), which was the fastest that any preserved steam locomotive had achieved on this stretch of line. True, the load is light, but what a tremendous performance from a machine 101 years old! Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk

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The first locomotive to break the 100mph barrier (although unconfirmed), the Great Western 4-4-0 loco City of Truro at the Rail200 railfest at National Railway Museum in York. Photo by Chris McKenna 01-06-2004

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A merged view from 3 individual photos of the recordbreaking City of Truro locomotive at the Rail200 railfest at the National Railway Museum, York. Photo by Chris McKenna 01-06-2004.

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Great Western Railway - UK STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway - is located in a part of the former Swindon Works where many steam locomotives were built and maintained. Steam locomotive 3717 (British Rail 3440) "City of Truro" is part of the 3700 City class, built in 1903 in Swindon. I personally saw this locomotive in operation in 1989 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, during the festivities for 150 years railways in The Netherland. Swindon, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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Great Western Railway - UK STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway - is located in a part of the former Swindon Works where many steam locomotives were built and maintained. Steam locomotive 3717 (British Rail 3440) "City of Truro" is part of the 3700 City class, built in 1903 in Swindon. I personally saw this locomotive in operation in 1989 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, during the festivities for 150 years railways in The Netherland. Swindon, 13-06-2025 Photo by Marco van Uden

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3440 'City of Truro' at the recently opened Blaenavon High Level Station on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway on 18th September 2010, during the GWR 175 celebrations. Photo by David Roberts (dvd.roberts1@gmail.com)

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101-years old outside frame 4-4-0 3440 City of Truro makes a triumphant return to the main line with a special train from Bristol to Kingswear. The Centenarian hurries past Hewish with its train packed full of spell-bound enthusiasts. 8 May 2004. Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk Binary file UK_Hewish_3440_8_5_04.txt matches

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Another outing for 3440 City of Truro came when she piloted 4965 Rood Ashton Hall on an evening special train from Birmingham to Didcot. That sublime pairing of two locomotives in early GWR liveries, is seen by the light of the setting sun, hurrying through the station of Heyford in Oxfordshire.1 July 2004. Photo and scan Roger Griffiths; jrcs@blueyonder.co.uk

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GWR 3700-Class 'City' 4-4-0 City of Truro' nameplate & worksplate on GWR 3440 (Date unknown). Photo: Scott Aitken, Scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk) Website: http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/aos/photography

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