Editing GWR 3700 Class (section)

==City of Truro==
[[File:3440 City of Truro nameplate.jpg|thumb|right|"City of Truro" nameplate and worksplate recording the loco was the 2000th to be built at Swindon in April 1903. Plymouth North Road December 2004]]
The most famous locomotive in the class, '''[[GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro|3440 ''City of Truro'']]''' (later renumbered 3717), is reputedly the first steam locomotive to travel in excess of 100&nbsp;mph, on 9 May 1904.<ref name=OSNa73>{{Harvnb|Nock|1978|p=73}}</ref><ref group="notes" >A US record was twice claimed, although not officially timed, for the inaugural run of the ''[[Empire State Express#Empire State Express No. 999|Empire State Express]]'' in 1893. A speed of 102&nbsp;mph, then 112 on the next day, timed as 35 and 32 seconds across a mile, was claimed.</ref> It was the 2000th locomotive to be built at Swindon, leaving the works in April 1903.<ref>{{Harvnb|Fox|1993|p=9}}</ref>