Talgo 463 "Mare Nostrum" (Portbou-Cartagena), seen in San Gabriel, leaving Alicante towards Murcia and Cartagena.

This service had just had 2 very close reversals: 1 in Alicante-Término (now Alacant-Terminal), and 1 in San Gabriel, in the background.

The whole of the formation was still in "Talgo Pendular" livery, with Talgo 4 cars and Loco 354 007 "Virgen de Begoña" (on Valencia-Cartagena), which was eventually destroyed in the Chinchilla Accident 2003...

San Gabriel. August 1993. Photo by Vicente Miralles (vicentren@ono.com)(Acknowledgements), from Tranvia.org Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).