wˌaɪl wˈɜːkɪŋ ɐmˌʌŋ ðə lˌoʊkəmˈoʊɾɪvz kˈoʊlbɜːn ˈɔːlsoʊ bɪɡˈæn tə ɹˈaɪt ænd bᵻfˌoːɹ lˈɔŋ kəmpˈaɪld hɪz fˈɜːst ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ nˈuːzʃiːt mˈʌnθli mᵻkˈænɪkəl tɹˈækts.
While working among the locomotives Colburn also began to write and before long compiled his first regular newssheet – Monthly Mechanical Tracts.