I am directing a play and I dont know how to say this part about a train:?
Feb 22, 2009 by David S | Posted in Rail
The line is: "You know the Union Pacific? They're gonna build the biggest steam locomotives in the world. The engine and tender'll weigh over five hundred tons. Colossal. They'll be 4-8-8-4 articulated locomotives with two sets of driving wheels,
As if it was spelled "four, eight, eight, four" with just a half-breath between the words.
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