Editing Driving Van Trailer (section)

===InterCity West Coast===
[[British Rail Engineering Limited]]'s [[Derby Litchurch Lane Works]] built 52 Mark 3 DVTs to operate with [[British Railways Mark 2|Mark 2]] and [[British Rail Mark 3|Mark 3]] sets in [[Push-pull train|push-pull]] mode with Class [[British Rail Class 86|86]], [[British Rail Class 87|87]] and [[British Rail Class 90|90]] locomotives on [[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]] [[West Coast Main Line]] services from [[Euston railway station|London Euston]] to [[Wolverhampton railway station|Wolverhampton]], [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester]], [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool]] and [[Glasgow Central railway station|Glasgow]] allowing the retirement of the Class [[British Rail Class 81|81]], [[British Rail Class 82|82]], [[British Rail Class 83|83]], [[British Rail Class 84|84]] and [[British Rail Class 85|85]] locomotives. The standard practice was for the DVT to be marshalled at the southern end, adjacent to the first class carriages, to allow easy changeover of locomotives at [[Willesden TMD|Willesden depot]] which is situated at the north end of London Euston station. The first was delivered in March 1989.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = MkIII DVTs emerge |magazine = [[The Railway Magazine]] |issue = 1056 |date = April 1989 |page = 211}}</ref>

They also operated between Wolverhampton and [[Shrewsbury railway station|Shrewsbury]], and between [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]] and [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]], hauled by [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]] diesel locomotives. Due to a lack of push-pull equipment, these trains would always be headed by the Class 47 and the DVT at the back of the train.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

As part of the [[privatisation of British Rail]], all 52 DVTs were sold to the newly created rolling stock leasing company [[Porterbrook]] in 1994 and were operated by [[InterCity West Coast]] franchise holder [[Virgin Trains West Coast]] from 1997 until both the Mark 2 and Mark 3 sets were replaced by [[British Rail Class 390|Class 390]] [[tilting train]]s between 2003 and 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine |title = After 31 years, 87s bow out on WCML passenger work |magazine = [[Rail (magazine)|Rail]] |issue = 516 |date = 22 June 2005 |page = 6}}</ref> During 2002, Mark 3 DVTs operated beyond the West Coast Main Line on a summer Saturday service from Manchester to [[Paignton railway station|Paignton]] with a Class 47 hauled Mark 3 set that was hired to [[Virgin CrossCountry]].{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

Following the loss of a Class 390 ''Pendolino'' in the [[Grayrigg derailment]], a Mark 3 set with a Driving Van Trailer was leased with a {{brc|90}} hired from [[DB Cargo UK|English Welsh & Scottish]] as required. During 2008, Virgin looked at leasing two {{brc|180}} sets,<ref>{{cite magazine |title = |magazine = Rail Magazine |issue = 591 |date = 7 May 2008 |page = 64}}</ref> however, the company decided to retain the Mark 3 set instead. Nicknamed the ''Pretendolino'', this received re-upholstered seating, power points, wi-fi and a full Virgin external repaint at [[Wabtec]], [[Doncaster]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite press release |url = http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/07/charter-train-potential-for-virgin_6628.html |title = Charter train potential for Virgin Trains 'new-look' loco-hauled trainset |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111009024218/http://mediaroom.virgintrains.co.uk/2009/07/charter-train-potential-for-virgin_6628.html |archive-date = 9 October 2011 |publisher = Virgin Trains |date = 1 July 2009}}</ref> Virgin used this set with a [[British Rail Class 90|Class 90]] locomotive, hired from [[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]], on a Euston to Crewe (via Birmingham) service on Fridays only until December 2012. From 9 December 2013, it was utilised to operate a London Euston - Birmingham New Street train on Thursdays and Fridays only, until its withdrawal in October 2014.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}