I first saw "City of Truro in 1957 when I was three, having been taken to Shrewsbury station to see her come through on a railtour to The Festiniog Railway. I still remember clearly the sight of her outside cranks and coupling rods as she slowed and stopped at the platform.

Interestingly she was in a non-standard (but authentic) livery as the lining was doubled, two sets one inside the other. There was an article about it by J N Maskeleyne somewhere.

Robin