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