THE last of the PaxmanVP185 power cars in passenger use were withdrawn afterservice on December 11.
Still carrying the blue of former franchisee East Midlands Trains,power cars Nos.43047 (working with No. 43049) carried a commemorativeheadboard ‘Last Paxman in Service 1995-2020’ on adiagram that startedinLeeds,included two return workings to Nottingham and back before afinal run to Leeds.
Withdrawal means East Midlands Railway services arenow in the hands either Class 180‘Adelantes’,Class 222‘Meridians’orex-LNER HSTs, of which there are fewer daily diagrams.