Good news: Booked on a scenic landcruise railtour to Scotlandland.
Bad news: the route has changed to avoid the bits I really wanted to do.(*)
(*) And the railtour organisers haven't let on. I found out by interrogating some signalbox computers.
Is that "insider dealing" Rower?
In a "read-only" way. Hacking same computers to put the train back on its original advertised route would have been
VERY NAUGHTY and probably have led to inquiry and dismissal; not only that, but the signaller would have just cancelled the signals, and put it back to where it's now meant to go.
Just out of interest, what was the original route? Just askin', like ...
Worcester, Birmingham, Derby, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Polmont, Stirling, Alloa, Dunfermline, Cowdenbeath, Ladybank, Dundee. Short pause. Dundee, Ladybank, Kirkcaldy, Inverkeithing, Edinburgh, then back as per outward.
New route (after Edinburgh) is Polmont, Stirling, Perth (break), Ladybank, Kirkcaldy and back as original. The highlight of the route was to have been the not-open-to-passengers bit from Alloa to Dunfermline.
Actually, the highlight will be the company.
And Fingers Crossed for your interview.