City of Truro (T&F)

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

Biography
City of Truro also appeared in the third series episode, Gordon and the Famous Visitor. His name was not mentioned (though it appeared on a banner and on his nameplate) and he did not speak, but, according to Duck, he is a celebrity. The engines believed that Truro was conceited due to his high status, but they soon learnt that he was not conceited at all and he enjoyed talking to the engines till long after the stars came out.

Just like in the Railway Series, Gordon was jealous of City of Truro and tried to beat his speed record, only to have his dome blown off.

In the eighth series, a photograph of City of Truro appears inside the Duke and Duchess of Boxford's private coaches. In the sixteenth series, a photograph of City of Truro also appears in "Great Railways", a book of famous railway engines.

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 television 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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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 3 - Gordon and the Famous Visitor
 * Series 8 - Edward the Great
 * Series 9 - Thomas and the Toy Shop
 * Series 16 - Flash Bang Wallop!

Music Videos

 * Series 9 - Party Time

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Books

 * 1992 - Gordon and the Famous Visitor
 * 1994 - The Adventures of Thomas
 * 2005 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia

Magazine Stories

 * 2007 - Surprise Visitor
 * 2010 - Surprise Visitor
 * 2012 - City of Truro

Video Games
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 * 2008 - Begins Educational Learning

Official Description
1995-2000= From Official Website:

Trivia

 * City of Truro is the first real engine to appear in the television series.
 * Although he did not appear with a face in the television series, City of Truro was portrayed with a face in the magazine story, Surprise Visitor, later republished as "City of Truro".
 * Although City of Truro's name was never mentioned in the television series, it is seen on the banner at Tidmouth Sheds and his nameplate.
 * 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.
 * City of Truro is the only engine introduced in the third series not to appear in full CGI (excluding a real-life photograph in the sixteenth series episode, "Flash Bang Wallop!").
 * City of Truro is the first engine in the television series to not be available in Wooden Railway and the only engine not available following the release of Smudger in 2008 up until Rex in 2015.
 * He is the only engine without a face to appear in the TV series.