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City of Truro was resident on the SVR between 1984 and 1986, and made Gala appearances in autumn 1991, autumn 2008 and autumn 2010.

3440 (later 3717) City of Truro is a GWR Churchward 3700 City class 4-4-0 locomotive, designed by George Jackson Churchward and built at the GWR Swindon Works in 1903. She was renumbered 3717 in 1912.

City of Truro was withdrawn from service in March 1931, and donated to the LNER’s railway museum at York. In 1957 City of Truro was returned to service by British Railways’ Western Region, hauling special excursion trains and for normal revenue services while based at Didcot. She was withdrawn for a second time in 1961, and taken to Swindon's GWR Museum in 1962.

City of Truro arrived on loan from the [[NRM]] in July 1984 for overhaul to main line working condition as part of the forthcoming GWR 150 celebrations. Prior to restoration, SVR Chief Engineer Alun Rees suggested to Steam Railway Magazine Editor David Wilcock that the SVR could repaint the driver's side of the locomotive in BR lined black as a ‘spoof’. This was done and photographed before strip down commenced. On 1 April 1985 the magazine published an article showing City of Truro in its ‘new’ unauthentic BR lined black livery as 3717 complete with smokebox number plate. The ‘April fool’ did not go down well in some quarters; the SVR received many vitriolic letters threatening returned membership cards, cashed-in shares and a boycott on visits, whilst the magazine was similarly criticised.

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