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First-class A10rtu Corail car of RENFE seen in Madrid-Fuencarral. 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. One can notice the vinyls with RENFE logo and brand, stuck on those of SNCF. Unknown author (Acknowledgements, anyway), from perolo.binarios.trenes Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Second-class B11tu Corail car of RENFE seen in Madrid-Fuencarral. 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. One can notice the vinyls with RENFE logo and brand, stuck on those of SNCF. Unknown author (Acknowledgements, anyway), 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/Hamburg and Roma/Milano). On that evening, Corail cars leased from SNCF were used on this service. 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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Corail "Hispania-expreso", seen leaving Barcelona-Término (now Estaçió de França) to Cerbère (for the overnighters to Geneva/Basel/Hamburg and Roma/Milano). Corail cars leased from SNCF were used on this service at that time. Barcelona-Término. 1982. Photo by Juanma (juanmadj@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).