Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
This seems to be some sort of Bullet Trainyard in Tokyo (perhaps that should be Bullet Train train-yard?). I can count 15 with 4 more slightly south. Also, could this be part of one of the Doctor Yellow trains we were looking for in our previous Bullet Train post?
Many thanks to sathish for sending us this.
Seriously though the only thing I could find in the area is a crater further south in Alabama...” 
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Has anyone else noticed that the Map button works in Japan? Very detailed but it’s in Japanese (except for numbers). The Hybrid view however is not active.
Note the symbol used for train tracks. Do other countries use this?
The U.S.A. usually uses a line with short lines perpendicular to the path like this: ++++++++++++++ (except the line is continuous along the route).
That yellow train isn’t there in google earth, the photo is different between earth and maps. Is this the first time that has been spotted?
It’s normal train track symbol in central Europe.
I think this is the yard near the flat of a friend of mine. Sort of towards the bay, south of the Omori and Shinagawa districts. You can see this yard from the balcony of their flat, in the distance. Looks much coller from above though…
There’s a set of two cargo sprinters there. Cargo sprinters first saw service in Europe. Basically they are a series of flat cars with powered units at the end of each train. Their cabs, look similar to truck cabs. In Japan, they run off of an overhead catenary, with a very similar make up to those in Germany.