text_original: The time is coming when it will be cheaper for a workman to travel upon a railway than to walk on foot. I know there are great . . . diffi  culties to be faced; but what I have said will come to pass, as sure as you live. I only wish I may live to see the day, though I can scarcely hope for that, as I know how slow progress is, and with what difl&culty I have been able to get the locomotive thus far adopted, notwithstanding my ten years' successful experiment at Killingworth."
text_transcription: THE TIME IS COMING WHEN IT WILL BE CHEAPER FOR A WORKMAN TO TRAVEL UPON A RAILWAY THAN TO WALK ON FOOT I KNOW THERE ARE GREAT DIFFICULTIES TO BE FACED BUT WHAT I HAVE SAID WILL COME TO PASS AS SURE AS YOU LIVE I ONLY WISH THAT I MAY LIVE TO SEE THE DAY THOUGH I CAN SCARCELY HOPE FOR THAT AS I KNOW HOW SLOW PROGRESS IS AND WITH WHAT DIFFICULTY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE LOCOMOTIVE THUS FAR ADOPTED NOTWITHSTANDING MY TEN YEARS SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT AT KILLINGWORTH
phonemes: ðə tˈaɪm ɪz kˈʌmɪŋ wɛn ɪt wɪl biː tʃˈiːpɚ fɚɹə wˈɜːkmən tə tɹˈævəl əpˌɑːn ɐ ɹˈeɪlweɪ ðɐn tə wˈɔːk ˌɔn fˈʊt. aɪ nˈoʊ ðɛɹˌɑːɹ ɡɹˈeɪt . . . dˈɪfi kˈʌltiz təbi fˈeɪsd; bˌʌt wʌt aɪ hæv sˈɛd wɪl kˈʌm tə pˈæs, æz ʃˈʊɹ æz juː lˈɪv. aɪ ˈoʊnli wˈɪʃ aɪ mˈeɪ lˈɪv tə sˈiː ðə dˈeɪ, ðˌoʊ aɪ kæn skˈɛɹsli hˈoʊp fɔːɹ ðˈæt, æz aɪ nˈoʊ hˌaʊ slˈoʊ pɹˈɑːɡɹɛs ɪz, ænd wɪð wʌt dˈɪfəl ænd kˈʌlti aɪ hɐvbɪn ˈeɪbəl tə ɡɛt ðə lˌoʊkəmˈoʊɾɪv ðˈʌs fˈɑːɹ ɐdˈɑːptᵻd, nˌɑːtwɪðstˈændɪŋ maɪ tˈɛn jˈɪɹz səksˈɛsfəl ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt æt kˈɪlɪŋwˌɜːθ."