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EC 71/0 "Catalan-Talgo" (Genève Cornavin--->Barcelona Sants, via Grenoble), seen passing the Hérault bridge in Agde. At that time, this bridge was restricted to 120km/h-75mph. Agde. 17th April 1991. Photo by Michel Lavertu (Acknowledgements) Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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EC 71/0 "Catalan-Talgo" (Genève Cornavin--->Barcelona Sants, via Grenoble), seen passing the Hérault bridge in Agde. One can notice the TR2-210 Dining-car which would be diagrammed on this service at that time. Agde. 17th April 1991. Photo by Michel Lavertu (Acknowledgements) Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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TEE 73/2 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Término--->Genève Cornavin, via Lyon-Brotteaux), seen nearing Lyons. On Narbonne-Geneva, Class 7200s with adapted buffers (BB-7281 to 7299; BB-7292 in use on that day) had just ousted adapted Class 9300s (BB-9319 to 9331). Solaise. 11th April 1981. Photo by Michel Lavertu (Acknowledgements) Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo 73/2 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants--->Montpellier-St Roch), seen upon arrival at its final destination. Interestingly, this service was announced as "Corail Téoz 72 from Barcelona" on that day... Montpellier-St Roch. 5th September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Talgo 73/2 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants--->Montpellier-St Roch), seen upon arrival at its final destination. Montpellier-St Roch. 5th September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Talgo 73/2 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants--->Montpellier-St Roch), seen upon arrival at its final destination. Montpellier-St Roch. 5th September 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Talgo 71 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier St Roch->Barcelona Sants), seen leaving Montpelliers. Montpellier-St Roch. 20th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo 71 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier St Roch->Barcelona Sants), seen leaving Montpelliers. Montpellier-St Roch. 18th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo 71 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier St Roch->Barcelona Sants), seen leaving Montpelliers. Montpellier-St Roch. 20th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo 72 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants->Montpellier St Roch), seen on the bascule bridge of La Bordigue. Sète. 19th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo 72 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants->Montpellier St Roch), seen on the bascule bridge of La Bordigue. Sète. 19th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Airtight gangway between 2 Talgo III-RD cars diagrammed on Talgo 72 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Montpellier). The Air-conditioning unit stands on the left, while toilets are on the right. 19th December 2003 P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Vestibule of a Talgo III-RD, diagrammed on Talgo 72 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants-Montpelliers). This slamming-door denotes of older times, as the lack of central locking. One had to wait until as late as 1991 to see automatic, plugging-doors on Talgo stock (daytime Talgo 6). Central locking however came earlier, with Talgo 4 and 5 (1980). Montpellier. April 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Outer route panel of a Talgo III-RD, diagrammed on Talgo 72 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona Sants-Montpelliers). Not really up-to-date from a technical point of view, but complete and accurate, though. Actually quite similar to route panels of French TEE cars built at the same time (Inox and Grand Confort). This car had not yet gone through the regeneration program carried out 2003, hence the rust embedded around the rivets... Montpellier. April 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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The very last Talgo III-RD set of Renfe-LD, at a halt, passing the gauge-changer of Portbou. At this stage, the Class 7200 of Voyages-SNCF diagrammed since Montpellier had already pushed half of the trainset (front end) through the gauge-changer. The Class 252 of Renfe-LD was still to come at the front end, so as to haul the trainset to the station of Portbou and to its final destination. Talgo 71/0 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier-St Roch ---> Barcelona-Estaçió de França). Portbou. 2nd June 2009. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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The very last Talgo III-RD set of Renfe-LD, seen shortly after passing the gauge-changer of Portbou. Talgo 71/0 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier-St Roch ---> Barcelona-Estaçió de França). Portbou. 2nd June 2009. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Route panel. Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). Montpellier-St Roch. 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Route-panel. Talgo 71/0 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier-St Roch ---> Barcelona-Estaçió de França). Cerbère. 2nd June 2009. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Vestibule. Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). Montpellier-St Roch. 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Vestibule. Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). Montpellier-St Roch. 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Vestibule of a Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Sticker warning against leaving luggage in this area, as this prevents the (inner-slam) doors from opening. Talgo 71/0 "Catalan-Talgo" (Montpellier-St Roch ---> Barcelona-Estaçió de França). Perpignan. 23rd February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Airtight gangway. Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). Montpellier-St Roch. 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Airtight gangway. Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). Narbonne. 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Airtight gangway. Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). Narbonne. 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Interior of a Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Walnut-burl ornament. Not so well-kept, unfortunately. So old-fashioned, yet so typical of Talgo III-RD stock... Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Interior of a Talgo III-RD car of Renfe-LD. Walnut-burl ornament. Not so well-kept, unfortunately. So old-fashioned, yet so typical of Talgo III-RD stock... Talgo 72/3 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Estaçió de França ---> Montpellier-St Roch). 24th February 2008. P.L. Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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RENFE : Talgo III RD Talgo III RD utilizado como refuerzo por la alta demanda de publico en las navidades (el Talgo III hace tiempo que se retiro del servicio en el corredor Mediterraneo), la 252 esta pintada con los nuevos colores de Grandes Lineas. Talgo III RD used as reinforcement by the discharge demands of I publish in December (the Talgo III a while ago that you retirement of the service in the corridor Mediterranean), the 252 this colored one with the new colors of Big Lines. Station: Las Palmas (Castellon). 12/2000 Photo and scan: Carlos Perez Arnau / carlosperez@studio3.es

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La BB 7298 tractant le TALGO "Montpellier - Barcelone" près de Narbonne, en juillet 2000 The BB 7298 taken near Narbonne with a TALGO train. Photo : Romain MARTIN web-o-trains@citeweb.net www.web-o-trains.fr.st

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IC 73 "Catalan-Talgo" (Barcelona-Geneva), seen at the gauge-changer in Portbou, at around 11.15am. This class 7200 of SNCF (7285) is about to depart. It will remain on duty until Valence, where a Class 67300 Diesel will replace it. September 1986. Photo by Felisuco (litri@telefonica.net) (Aknowledgements). Posting and Comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Class 7200 (BB7296) of SNCF, seen at the head of Talgo 71 "Catalan-Talgo"(Montpellier-Barcelona), upon its lengthy turnaround (13:14-17:16). The pic was taken from the vestibule of Trailer 12 of TGV 9868 Perpignan-Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid, a few seconds before doors closed. 21st December 2003. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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IC 71 "Catalan-Talgo" (Geneva-Barcelona), seen at 150kph in Donzères (France), between Valence and Avignons, hauled with a Class 7200 of SNCF. The "160" panel for the up track is addressed to TGVs only, as these have clearance for 200kph south of Donzères, until Bollène. August 1985. Photo by Ricard Ricón Serra (ricard_ricon@hotmail.com) (Aknowledgements). Posting and Comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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IC 71 "Catalan-Talgo" (Geneva-Barcelona), seen at the gauge-changer in Portbou, at around 06.15pm. This class 7200 of SNCF has just pushed the Talgo III-RD set from Cerbère through the gauge-changer, until enough cars have switched to broad-gauge (1668mm-5ft6in) so that the Spanish loco (a Class 269 in Mazinger livery) can take it over until Barcelona. The very rear cars are still on standard-gauge track (1435mm-4ft8in), and will change track-gauges once the Spanish loco begins to haul the whole set. August 1985. Photo by Ricard Ricón Serra (ricard_ricon@hotmail.com) (Aknowledgements). Posting and Comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Talgo wheelset, capable of operation on both standard and broad gauge. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 11-03-2011 Digital photo by Marco van Uden