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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill - British Railways Period Locomotives: gwrbsh1249

Ex-GWR 4-4-0 City class No 3440 'City of Truro' is seen at the head of an up enthusiasts special as it passes Snow Hill's North Signal Box

Ex-GWR 4-4-0 City class No 3440 'City of Truro' is seen at the head of an up enthusiasts special as it passes Snow Hill's North Signal Box. Built at Swindon works in May 1903 No 3440 was to achieve national fame as being the first locomotive to had exceeded 100 mph. This is frequently challenged by non-GWR enthusiasts on the basis that the record was not verified by the physical recording of speed but by the monitoring of the speed by recording the time on a stop watch between ¼ mile posts on the side of the track. Its fame was such that upon being retired in March 1931 from Swindon Works shed it was preserved by the GWR to ultimately be acquired by the National Railway Museum in York.

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