A clearly contrite Wolmar writes...
"Oh dear, oh dear!
"I just broke the rule of a lifetime and said ‘do you now know who I am?’
"A FGW press officer returning my call about the absence of wi-fi on its trains, first made the mistake of calling me ‘Chris’ a name I have never answered to, and then he said, ‘where are you calling from?’
"I very rudely replied that I had only been writing a column for Rail magazine for nearly 20 years but perhaps he did not read it and then uttered the fateful words...
"Can I be forgiven?"
Quite so Chris. Perhaps you can let us know where you are from, so we can see if Eye can help...
UPDATE: This from Captain Deltic, who is never knowingly out contritioned...
That is nothing.
This morning I have called RVEL of Derby, REVEL in my e-Preview blog (is that a plug? Ed) and promptly corrected it to REVL in a follow up e-mail to the over 2500 subscribers (that's enough plugs Deltic! Ed).
And I also got the loco class number, which I saw being worked on by RVEL, wrong.
Can anyone beat that?
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