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