Telegrammed by our Independent Expert
Two faces of the railway this Christmas as the chill winds of recession turn to freezing.
There's standing room only at St Mary the Virgin church opposite Euston as carol singers from the rail industry sing their hearts out in aid of the Transport Benevolent fund.
Meanwhile, the normally thronged Doric Arch pub over the road is deserted, with only one hardened cider-drinking rail PR man and a couple of companions keeping trade going in the empty bar.
God 1 Mammon 0.
