H&SUPS received a deserved vote of confidence when Southern
invited H&SUPS to organise ticket sales and stewarding of a special Thumper railtour
to mark the withdrawal of the remaining Hampshire and Sussex units from their final haunts.
To read a detailed account of the railtour from the point of view of a customer, or a full
account of how the railtour came about, and how H&SUPS set about their task, as
described by our chairman, click on the links below to see the articles taken from the
H&SUPS magazine Diesel Fumes.
The Last Thump - by Peter J Bailey
The Last Thump - The story of a rather special railtour!- by Jonathan Ryder
The Last Thump Railtour passes Bo Peep Junction on 27th November 2004.
Photo: Copyright Neil Bays 2005