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driving van trailer

driving van trailer noun: a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train.

driving van trailer: a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end...
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Noun

driving van trailer (plural driving van trailers, abbreviation DVT)

  1. a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train.
    • Grand Union proposes to use Class 91s hauling up to nine coaches and a driving van trailer to operate the service.2019 October, “Grand Union targets '91s' to Stirling”, in Modern Railways, page 11

Synonyms of driving van trailer

Forms of driving van trailer

pluraldriving van trailers
abbreviationDVT

Questions about driving van trailer

What does driving van trailer mean?
Driving van trailer means a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train.
What part of speech is driving van trailer?
Driving van trailer is a noun.
What is the plural of driving van trailer?
The plural of driving van trailer is driving van trailers.

Words near driving van trailer in the dictionary

  1. driving trailer
  2. driving trailers
  3. driving truck
  4. driving under the influence
  5. driving up
  6. driving van trailer
  7. driving van trailers
  8. driving wheel
  9. driving wheels
  10. driving while black
  11. driving while Mexican

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