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There are two claimants of the record for the first steam loco to exceed 100 mph. 'City' Class 4-4-0 3440 City of Truro was timed by Rous-Marten at 102.3 mph down Wellington bank with the Ocean Mails from Plymouth on 9th May 1904. This claim is still subject to much debate. However, a postal worker on the train used his stopwatch to time 99 to 100 mph, so a speed very close to 100 mph must certainly have been attained. It was another 30 years, on 30th November 1934, before Flying Scotsman made the first authenticated run at over 100 mph with accurate dynamometer car readings.
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