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A Couple of Wide-Gauged Spainards (1982)

Author: Freericks

Date: 07-04-2010 - 08:39

For those who are interested in some foreign stuff - here are two shots from a 1982 trip when I passed through Port Bou, Spain.

Railfanning at the same time that one is traveling with three non-railfans is an ugly proposition, and because of that I didn't shoot anywhere what I should have on this trip. But Port Bou was one place I had to stop and grab some pictures. It is where the standard gauge French railroad meets up with the Iberic gauge (wide gauge) Spanish railroad.

First image is of a Spanish Class 276 (the one time fleet premiere) moving about the yard with a well dressed railroad employee moving towards it.

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Second image is another Class 276, but with a long-distance train that has just arrived, with box cars on the head end.

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Freericks Wrote:
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> For those who are interested in some foreign stuff
> - here are two shots from a 1982 trip when I
> passed through Port Bou, Spain.
> 
> Railfanning at the same time that one is traveling
> with three non-railfans is an ugly proposition,
> and because of that I didn't shoot anywhere what I
> should have on this trip. But Port Bou was one
> place I had to stop and grab some pictures. It is
> where the standard gauge French railroad meets up
> with the Iberic gauge (wide gauge) Spanish
> railroad.
> 
> First image is of a Spanish Class 276 (the one
> time fleet premiere) moving about the yard with a
> well dressed railroad employee moving towards it.
> 
> http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture
> .aspx?id=2126385
> 
> Second image is another Class 276, but with a
> long-distance train that has just arrived, with
> box cars on the head end.
> 
> http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture
> .aspx?id=2126790

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