David's 'Guild theme' for the year 2000 is based upon railways, The station master is most definitely king of all he surverys, and can frequently be seen on the platform, gold pocket watch in hand, checking the punctuality of arriving and departing trains. The son of a train driver, his career began as an assistant porter. From this lowly rank, he slowly worked his way through a variety of positions with the railway company until finally being promoted to the 'plum' job a few years back.
   It goes without saying that he is immensely honoured to be given so much responsibility. He takes great pride in his station, which is kept spotlessly clean despite the soot that is deposited by the steam engines that constantly pass through. In fact, he has the best kept station on the entire network, and has won several awards in the past for that very reason. The station master is a contented man for he is doing what he was born to do. In a nutshell, the railway is his entire life.