................A.SC.&T.RR 8-P CLASS No. 7...................... ............................... "BOBERT"....................................... - This engine was purchased in late March. We felt that we needed a new express engine for the railway's profit on the express business. This would be your typical American 4-4-0 design style, with minimal differences from those used on the Union pacific, or the Eureka & Palisade. This locomotive would break the speed record, reaching a top speed of (what is estimated to be) 66.2 Mph. Breaking the old speed record of 51 Mph set by No. 3 only a few months earlier. But it came with a cost, No. 3 is still stronger than Bobert by about 1,000 pounds worth of tractive effort.
