hɪz ɛmplˈɔɪɚ, ðɪ ˈʌndɚɡɹˌaʊnd ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk ɹˈeɪlweɪz kˈʌmpəni ʌv lˈʌndən wʌz bˈɪldɪŋ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt nˈɔːɹðɚn, pˌɪkɐdˈɪli ænd bɹˈɑːmptən ɹˈeɪlweɪ, ðə bˈeɪkɚ stɹˈiːt ænd wˈɔːɾɚlˌuː ɹˈeɪlweɪ ænd ðə tʃˈɛɹɪŋ kɹˈɔs, jˈuːstən ænd hˈæmpstɛd ɹˈeɪlweɪ, wˌɪtʃ ɑːɹ nˈaʊ ɹᵻspˈɛktɪvli sˈɛkʃənz ʌvðə pˌɪkɐdˈɪli lˈaɪn, bˈækɚlˌuː lˈaɪn ænd nˈɔːɹðɚn lˈaɪn.
His employer, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London was building the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway and the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, which are now respectively sections of the Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line and Northern line.