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Behind the Scenes

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This is a behind the scenes subpage for City of Truro (RWS).
This subpage contains all behind the scenes material relating to said article.

Background Information[]

In the Railway Series[]

City of Truro is based on the real-life locomotive of the same name. He appeared in the Railway Series book, Duck and the Diesel Engine, which was published in 1958. He was the first real-life locomotive to appear in the series.

Illustrations of City of Truro:

Behind the Scenes[]

Awdry's model[]

The Reverend Wilbert Awdry built an OO scale model of City of Truro. The model was later put on display on the mantelpiece of the Awdry's Study exhibit at the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, at the Tywyn Wharf station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales.[1]

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