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 National Railway Museum, YorkGreat Western Railway 3700 Class 4-4-0 'City of Truro'. The GWR 3700 (or 'City') Class locomotives were a series of twenty 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed for hauling express passenger trains. The most famous locomotive in the class, 3440 'City of Truro' (later renumbered 3717), is reputedly the first steam locomotive to travel in excess of 100mph, on 9 May 1904. It was the 2000th locomotive to be built at Swindon, leaving the works in April 1903.
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