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Class 8000 couchettes-car (BBL) of RENFE, seen at Madrid-Principe-Pío, upon arrival on a "Estrella" service. Unlike adjacent cars, this one has not been reliveried to Estrella standards, and still has its original greyish livery. Madrid-Principe-Pío. 1989. Photo by Perolo (perolo@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org. Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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Class 8000 couchettes-car (BBL-8169) of RENFE, seen at Madrid-Principe-Pío, upon arrival on a "Estrella" service. This car has been reliveried to Estrella standards, but not yet rebuilt into an air-conditioned BBL-11600 (Bc11x-11600). Madrid-Principe-Pío. 13th December 1987. Photo by Guillermo González Martin (GGM@tranvia.org) (Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org. Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)

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BBL8228 seen just before being scrapped. Only 15 couchettes were built in the BBL8200 series, different from the regular BBL8100 in its 54 places, 10 departments instead os the regular 60places, 10 departments. All of them were scrapped and not rebuilt to 12000 series. Valladolid-Campo Grande. Photo and scan by R.Meléndez (melendezmoraga@eresmas.com).