1Z23 'The Boot and Hoot' Railtour

Part 1 of 2. A cold afternoon, and I trotted over to Hooton on the Merseyrail network to meet up with Danny, Luke and others, to see 'The Boot and Hoot' railtour, promoted by Pathfinder tours. The first idea, was for the main traction to be 56311 hired from Hanson/Colas Rail, but engine failure. The other two grids (312 - purple livery, and 303 in Green livery) were also unavailable, leaving 'Ped' Class 31190 from Hanson to be used on this tour.

So we stand at Hooton station, lookin' at a few nasty 3 carriage boxes with wheels, whilst they go to Chester, Ellesmere and Liverpool, and then, seeing the Ped arrive with the tour, where shed 66139 in EWS livery, departs the siding, and couples up to the train, before taking it out back home.

Thanks guys for a nice, but cold meet, and good to see some clag for once from the shed.

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[djmadboy2]

lol u knew from my video :P

[Javelin395]

lol I actually knew a few weeks before, to arrange a day out wiv my dad to Hattons, but i was ill, so only came to see the train and meet up with the guys.

[MerseyrailMad]

haha i like the way i always end up in everyones videos! =P lol Was good to see you again matey and to tick 190 off too! =) shall have to do something like warrignton again in the holidays some time!

Danny

[Javelin395]

Yea! Its your way to make sure you don't get accused of not being there! lol Yea, good to see you again! I need to catch up with my numbers.... Warrington sounds like a good'n. Lets try and go when there is some decent freight? Wednesday perhaps? lol

[merseyrail508124]

Great! 507020 is the first unit in this video :P 5*