BR Mark 3 DVT Profile and Models

BR Mark 3 DVT

82124 at Derby (Etches Park) MPD in September 2014. © Hugh Llewelyn

A Driving Van Trailer (DVT) is a purpose-built control car railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate with a locomotive in push-pull formation from the opposite end of a train. Trains operating with a DVT consequently do not need the locomotive to be moved around to the other end of the train at terminal stations. When a train is operated by a DVT, the control signals are encoded and multiplexed onto the cables by the TDM equipment in the DVT. At the locomotive, these signals are demultiplexed by the TDM equipment, and the signals are used to control the locomotive.

(Information provided by Wikipedia)

Type of Vehicle

Driving Van Trailer

Builder

British Rail Engineering Limited

Build Dates

1988 to 1990

Total Built

52

Max Speed

125mph

Operators

British Rail
Network Rail
Chiltern Railways
Transport for Wales
Others

In Service Until

Present