BR Mark 3 DVT Profile and Models
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. |
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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 |
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale)
N Gauge