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269 "Mazinger" en Alicante-Término sin identificar, entrando con el Talgo Pendular Madrid-Alicante.

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269 "Mazinger" en Alicante-Término sin identificar, saliendo con el Talgo Pendular Alicante-Madrid, al fondo se observa las ruinas del antiguo depósito de vapor.

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RENFE, locomotora eléctrica 269-6 (chopper), decorada en colores mazinger, en cabeza de un Tren Talgo III. Fotografía tomada en noviembre de 1988, en Madrid-Chamartín. Photo and scan by José Luis González Berzal (peprosg@wanadoo.es)

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IC 71 "Catalan-Talgo" (Geneva-Barcelona), seen in Portbou, at around 06.30pm, about to leave to Barcelona-Sants, at some time in the mid-80s. This Class 269 in Mazinguer livery has just took over the Talgo III-RD set on the broad-gauge side of the Talgo gauge-changer, located ahead of the station. Photo by Ricard Ricón Serra (ricard_ricon@hotmail.com) (Aknowledgements). Posting and Comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Hauled with a Class 269 in "Manzinguer" livery, the Barcelona-Gijón Corail is seen entering Zaragoza-El Portillo. In the early-80s, RENFE hired some Corail cars (A10rtu and B10tu) from SNCF, and used them on various flagship services, while Class 9000 and 10000 cars were being ordered. These Corail cars were mounted on CAF-GC3 broad-gauge bogies, very close to standard-gauge Y32 bogies used in France. These were later used under Class 10000 and Bc10x-9600 cars, together with Bc10ux couchettes cars of SNCF diagrammed on French-Iberic sleepers from 1985 to 1996. In those days, Corail services of RENFE ranked as good as "Electrotrenes" (fitted with Class 432 EMUs) and were subject to Supplemento B. The Barcelona-Gijón was later fitted back with a Class 432, then converted into a Diurno with Class 9000 cars and through cars to Galicia. In 2004, Talgo III stock is diagrammed on this service, now in the bottomline of RENFE-GL. This pic was taken from a point where the cut-and-cover for the Madrid-Lerida-Barcelona was bored in 2000-2002. Late-1981. Photo by Virutillo (virutillo@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Hauled with a Class 269 in "Manzinguer" livery and fitted with Corail cars of SNCF, the "Hispania-expreso" Barcelona-Cerbère is seen in LLansá (now LLançà), in a summer evening of the early-80s. This car is now close to Cerbère, where it will connect with overnighters to Rome and Geneva/Zurich/Basel/Hamburg ("Hispania"). In the early-80s, RENFE hired some Corail cars (A10rtu and B10tu) from SNCF, and used them on various flagship services, while Class 9000 and 10000 cars were being ordered. These Corail cars were mounted on CAF-GC3 broad-gauge bogies, very close to standard-gauge Y32 bogies used in France. These were later used under Class 10000 and Bc10x-9600 cars, together with Bc10ux couchettes cars of SNCF diagrammed on French-Iberic sleepers from 1985 to 1996. In those days, Corail services of RENFE ranked as good as "Electrotrenes" (fitted with Class 432 EMUs) and were subject to Supplemento B. The "Hispania Expreso" was later downgraded to a "Diurno" and fitted with Class 10000 cars then with B12t-12300 cars. Ultimately, it was withdrawn in 2000, after running at-peaks only for some years. Photo by Ricard Ricón Serra (ricard_ricon@hotmail.com) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Corail cars seen in Barcelona-Can Tunis, together with a Class 269 (269 213) in Mazinguer livery. In the early-80s, RENFE hired some Corail cars (A10rtu and B10tu) from SNCF, and used them on various flagship services, while Class 9000 and 10000 cars were being ordered. These Corail cars were mounted on CAF-GC3 broad-gauge bogies, very close to standard-gauge Y32 bogies used in France. These were later used under Class 10000 and Bc10x-9600 cars, together with Bc10ux couchettes cars of SNCF diagrammed on French-Iberic sleepers from 1985 to 1996. In those days, Corail services of RENFE ranked as good as "Electrotrenes" (fitted with Class 432 EMUs) and were subject to Supplemento B. Photo from unkown author (Acknowledgements, though), from perolo.binarios.trenes Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Expreso "Hispania", seen at Barcelona-Término (now Estaçió de França), awaiting departure to Cerbère (for the overnighters to Geneva/Basel and Roma/Milano). On that evening, a Class 269 in "Mazinguer" livery was on duty, together with newly-delivered Class 9000 cars... Barcelona-Término. 1981. Photo by Juanma (juanmadj@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Expreso "Hispania", seen at Barcelona-Término (now Estaçió de França), awaiting departure to Cerbère (for the overnighters to Geneva/Basel/Hamburg and Roma/Milano). On that evening, a Class 269 in "Mazinguer" livery was on duty, together with Corail cars leased from SNCF. These ran from 1981/1983, pending further deliveries of Class 9000 cars. They were mounted on CAF-GC3 bogies, which were later used with Class 10000 cars and the 30 Bc10ux Couchettes Corail cars which ran on French-Iberic sleepers from 1985 to 1996. Barcelona-Término. 1982. Photo by Juanma (juanmadj@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Expreso "Hispania", seen at Barcelona-Término (now Estaçió de França), awaiting departure to Cerbère (for the overnighters to Geneva/Basel/Hamburg and Roma/Milano). On that evening, a Class 269 in "Mazinguer" livery was on duty, together with Corail cars leased from SNCF. These ran from 1981/1983, pending further deliveries of Class 9000 cars. They were mounted on CAF-GC3 bogies, which were later used with Class 10000 cars and the 30 Bc10ux Couchettes Corail cars which ran on French-Iberic sleepers from 1985 to 1996. Barcelona-Término. 1982. Photo by Juanma (juanmadj@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Estrella "Media Luna" (Irun/Portbou-Algesiras), seen at Tarragona. These are the through cars from Portbou, with 2 Class 8000 cars recently reliveried to "Estrella" standards, and one Parcels wagon. Tarragona. December 1987. Photo by Felix (litri@telefonica.net) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Estrella "Media Luna" (Irun/Portbou-Algesiras), seen at Gerona (now Girona). These are the through cars from Portbou, with Loco 269.207 in "Mazinger" livery Gerona. 1988. Photo by J.Guti (J.Guti@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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Estrella "Media Luna" (Irun/Portbou-Algesiras), seen in Tarragona. These are the through cars from Portbou, with Loco 269.207 in "Mazinger" livery Tarragona. 1988. Photo by J.Guti (J.Guti@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).