City of Truro (RWS)

City of Truro is a famous tender engine from the Great Western Railway, who once visited the Island of Sodor.

Biography
City of Truro first appeared in Duck and the Diesel Engine when the Railway Society visited. Duck, although shy at first, quickly befriended him, as the two were both Great Western. Duck talks Great Western all night with City of Truro, which makes Duck very proud of his Great Western ancestry, much to the annoyance of Gordon. Gordon was jealous of City of Truro's record and attempted to go as fast as him, only to have his dome blown off on the Viaduct.

When Duck crashed into the barber shop, Sir Topham Hatt said he would inform City of Truro of Duck's bravery and how he and his crew managed to prevent a serious accident. City of Truro was later referenced in Thomas and the Great Railway Show as being a member of the National Railway Museum.

Personality
City of Truro and Duck got on very well during his stay on Sodor, talking about their Great Western heritage and ways. He sparked jealousy within Gordon, and gave him ambition to break City of Truro's record but to no avail. In addition, Edward and Duck described him as "the finest engine in the world".

Real-life History
City of Truro is based on the real locomotive of the same name, built in 1903 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works, to a design by George Jackson Churchward. Debatably, City of Truro allegedly broke the 100 mph speed barrier for steam railways in 1904, the year after it was introduced. However, Flying Scotsman was the first steam engine to attain the speed of 100 mph that was officially recorded. On September 8th, 1991, City of Truro attended the opening of the line to Lydney Lakeside with Wilbert. It went on static display at the National Railway Museum following a tube failure in February 2013. In November 2015, it was moved to Steam Museum in Swindon, Wiltshire. For more information - see here.

Livery
In the Railway Series, City of Truro is painted in his original GWR green with orange and black lining and dark red/brown frames. He also has a copper-capped chimney (plain black in the television series), a brass safety valve bonnet (grey in magazine illustrations) and the early 1900s GWR monogram on his tender. The livery closely resembles that worn by the real City of Truro, which is currently painted in the later GWR green with black frames, "Great Western" lettering and garter crest.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Duck and the Diesel Engine - Domeless Engines, Pop Goes the Diesel and A Close Shave
 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Museum-Piece

Companion volumes
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 * 1972 - The Railway Series: Surprise Packet
 * 1976 - Famous Engines
 * 1979 - Annual
 * 1980 - Annual
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * 1995 - The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines
 * 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection

Official Description
1995-2000= From Official Website:

Trivia

 * City of Truro is the first real engine to appear in the Railway Series.
 * Although he did not appear with a face in the Railway Series, City of Truro was portrayed with a face in Famous Engines and the 1980 annual.
 * City of Truro was given the name "セレブリティー" (English Translation: Celebrity) in Japan.
 * City of Truro is the only surviving member of his class.

Quotes
"Good riddance," grumbled Gordon. "Chatting all night keeping important engines awake, who is he anyway?" "He's City of Truro. He's famous." "As famous as me. Nonsense!" "He's famouser than you. He went 100 miles an hour before you were drawn or thought of!" "So he says. But I didn't like his looks. He's got no dome!" said Gordon darkly. "Never trust domeless engines, they're not respectable! I never boast, but I say that 100 miles an hour would be easy for me! Goodbye!"

- Gordon and Duck arguing about City of Truro, "Domeless Engines."