GWR 3700 Class
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 GWR 4-4-0 '3700' (City) Class, no. 3440 City of Truro |
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| Power type | Steam |
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| Designer | Churchward |
| Builder | GWR Swindon Works  ENG |
| Build date | 1902-1909 |
| Total production | 20 |
| Configuration | 4-4-0 |
| Gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) |
| Leading wheel size | 3'2" |
| Driver size | 6'8½" |
| Total weight | 55.3 tons |
| Locomotive and tender combined weight | 92.05 tons |
| Fuel type | Coal |
| Cylinder size | 18"×26" |
| Top speed | 100 mph |
| Tractive effort | 17,800 lbf |
| Locomotive brakes | Steam |
| Train brakes | Vacuum |
| Career | GWR |
| Class | 3700 |
| Number in class | 20 |
| Number(s) | See article |
| Official name | City Class |
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The Great Western Railway 3700 Class, or City Class, locomotives were a series of twenty 4-4-0 steam locomotives, designed for hauling express passenger trains. Ten of these locomotives were rebuilt from Atbara Class engines, the first (number 3405) being converted in September 1902 and the rest following in 1907-09. The other ten were built new during 1903 at the GWR's Swindon locomotive works, in the United Kingdom. The whole class was gradually replaced and scrapped in the period 1927–1931.
The most famous locomotive in the class, 3440 City of Truro (later renumbered 3717), is reputedly the first steam locomotive ever to travel in excess of 100mph. It is the only member of the class to survive in preservation, based at the National Railway Museum, York.
[edit] List of Locomotives
This class were subject to the 1912 renumbering of GWR 4-4-0 locomotives, which saw the Bulldog class gathered together in the series 3300-3455, and other types renumbered out of that series. The City Class took numbers 3700-3719, previously used by Bulldog locomotives.
| Numbers | Name | ||
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| First | Second (1912) | First | Second |
| 3400 | 3700 | Durban | |
| 3401 | 3701 | Gibraltar | |
| 3402 | 3702 | Halifax | |
| 3403 | 3703 | Hobart | |
| 3404 | 3704 | Lyttelton | |
| 3405 | 3705 | Mauritius | |
| 3406 | 3706 | Melbourne | |
| 3407 | 3707 | Malta | |
| 3408 | 3708 | Ophir | Killarney |
| 3409 | 3709 | Quebec | |
| 3433 | 3710 | City of Bath | |
| 3434 | 3711 | City of Birmingham | |
| 3435 | 3712 | City of Bristol | |
| 3436 | 3713 | City of Chester | |
| 3437 | 3714 | City of Gloucester | |
| 3438 | 3715 | City of Hereford | |
| 3439 | 3716 | City of London | |
| 3440 | 3717 | City of Truro | |
| 3441 | 3718 | City of Winchester | |
| 3442 | 3719 | City of Worcester | City of Exeter |
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