Class 7200 of SNCF-VFE (BB-107263), seen awaiting departure on Trenhotel Elipsos 409/8 "Francisco de Goya" (Paris Austerlitz ---> Madrid Chamartín, via Medina del Campo), which it will haul until Hendaye, and then bank to the Talgo gauge-changer of Plaiaundi (Irun).
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This locomotive is part of a fleet of 3 (BB-107261 to 63), cleared since 1987 for 200km/h, after swapping bogies with Class 22200 (latest batches), so as to step up the Corail 200 offer on Paris-Toulouse/Irun/Tarbes, where ex-Midi OHLE was a no-go for dual-voltage locomotives...
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This small fleet now primarily runs on the Paris-Madrid overnighter at 200km/h, but it may also be diagrammed on CIC services (Toulouse-Irun).
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Paris-Austerlitz.
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30th June 2007. 
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P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)