Coming to Google Street View the Rhätische Bahn

Google Street View has photographed the route of the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express over the mountain lines of the Rhätische Bahn in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden. The line is photographed from Thusis, where the line leaves the Rhine River, over the Alps to Tirano in Italy.

For anyone who can read German the story is here

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

YouTube video of the project in English here

Google does the Rhätische Bahn

…That will be awesome…!

If you are Challenged with not being able to read German, as I am.

Take the link that Beaulieu provided, open it up and then and copy and past the URL into a Google Search window.

It took several minutes but it did translate.

FTL (provided/translated):In Part: “…Used was a trike, tricycle with a specially built camera that was placed on a flat rail wagons. The recordings are now being tested qualitatively and assembled afterwards. This process takes several months, such as Google and the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) announced on Tuesday. Probably early next year could be taken the virtual train ride from Thusis to Tirano RhB spokesman said Peider Härtli…”