Streetview on the Rails

[chrisjo]

Exploring on Google Streetview in response to a question on the *International* Guess The Station thread, I just discovered that in 2015 a Streetview camera travelled on the railway lines of Portugal mounted on a flat wagon hauled by at least three different locomotives. Starting in Porto I've followed one train as far south as Estoril via Lisbon, a distance of about 350km. I've never seen this before, are there other examples in other countries?

 

[Bemined]

There are several of those in Switzerland, for example around Chur.

 

[Meerkat]

There are several of those in Switzerland, for example around Chur.

At least one of the Swiss one you can look down and see that it’s a camera rig on a flat wagon complete with someone in a crash helmet sitting with it!

 

[nwales58]

'around Chur' = the whole RhB, I think, including inside the tunnels and through the streets in Tirano.

 

[Baxenden Bank]

The route from Poroy (outskirts of Cusco) to Machu Picchu in Peru is done in a similar manner.
Travel to Pachar and enjoy the VW Combi van on rails (or something rather similar).

 

[chrisjo]

The route from Poroy (outskirts of Cusco) to Machu Picchu in Peru is done in a similar manner.
Travel to Pachar and enjoy the VW Combi van on rails (or something rather similar).

I've looked at parts of that route recently, I thought the bits I looked at (around km88) were done by someone walking along the track, but I see what you mean now.

 

[dazzler]

The Mont Blanc Tramway from St Gervais les Bains-Le Fayet is also on Street View, as is the Montenvers line from Chamonix, just up the valley.