When the most veteran flagship rolling-stock of SNCF and RENFE meet at Irun:
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Foreground (French sector, Platform 11, 1435mm-4ft8in, 1.5kV DC): 
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TGV PSE (Mk2 Refurb) set, upon arrival from Lille-Europe, on TGV 5200/1.
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Background (Spanish sector, Platform 7, 1668mm-5ft6in, 3kV DC, accross this outdated pre-Schengen barrier): 
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Talgo III set, awaiting departure to Madrid-Chamartin, on Talgo 200.
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Irun.
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22nd April 2005. 
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Photo by José Manuel Trigos (JMT@tranvia.org)(Acknowledgements).
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Posting and comment by P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).