jul 1, 1845 - Cook's first For-Profit Excursion

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Cook organizes his first railway excursion for profit to Liverpool. The tour is booked by 1,200 people! It is so popular that Cook has to repeat it, for 800 customers, a fortnight later. The following year he begins offering trips outside England to Scotland, a country that captivated Cook and would remain one of his favorite destinations.

in 1845 Cook advertised a pleasure-trip on a more extensive scale, from Leicester to Liverpool and back, with opportunities for visiting the Isle of Man, Dublin and Welsh coast. A Handbook of the Trip to Liverpool was supplied for the use of travellers. In the previous year Cook had entered into a permanent arrangement with the Midland Railway Company to place trains at his disposal, for which he should provide the passengers. A trip to Scotland followed, and the excursionists were received in Glasgow with music and salute of guns.

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