Propelling control vehicle

what is it?

A propelling control vehicle (PCV) is a type of British railway carriage for carrying mail. They were converted from Class 307 driving trailers and have a cab at one end which allows slow-speed movement control. PCVs are unpowered but the controls allow mail trains to be reversed at low speed, using the power of the locomotive at the other end of the train.

who runs it

RERail Express SystemsDB Cargo UK

base stats

• built 42made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 32 years ago, in 1994.
• 📏19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 10 years (1994–2004).

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1994

in service from

1994

retired

2004

status

retired

number built

42

kind

carriage / wagon

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.

operators

Rail Express Systems, DB Cargo UK

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

length

19.2 m

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.