City of Truro was a Great Western Railway 4-4-0 locomotive that in 1904 reportedly became the first steam engine in Britain to exceed 100 mph, clocked descending Wellington Bank in Somerset on the run from Plymouth to Bristol. The century mark was never officially confirmed by the GWR at the time — the speed was recorded by a passenger with a watch — and the claim remained contested for decades.
Guernsey marked the centenary with this gold issue. The locomotive survives in the STEAM museum at Swindon.
City of Truro was a Great Western Railway 4-4-0 locomotive that in 1904 reportedly became the first steam engine in Britain to exceed 100 mph, clocked descending Wellington Bank in Somerset on the run from Plymouth to Bristol. The century mark was never officially confirmed by the GWR at the time — the speed was recorded by a passenger with a watch — and the claim remained contested for decades.
Guernsey marked the centenary with this gold issue. The locomotive survives in the STEAM museum at Swindon.