GWR 4-4-0 3440 City of Truro

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Great Western Railway
George Jackson Churchward 4-4-0
3440 / 3717 City of Truro

Built in 1903 at Swindon and now part of the National Collection, the locomotive is currently on static display at STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway in Swindon. On 9th May 1904, the locomotive was 'recorded' travelling at 100mph, hauling the 'Ocean Mails" special from Plymouth to London Paddington.

Footage dates back to 2005 at the Llangollen Railway's GWR Gala, 2007 at the East Lancashire Railway's 20th Anniversary Gala, 2009 at the Betton Grange's Steel, Steam & Stars II Gala, 2010 at Didcot Railway Centre and Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway celebrating 175 years of the GWR and 2012 at Railfest at the National Railway Museum in York.

www.preservedrailway.co.uk
(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2020

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