On today's 18.5km #kickbike #ride I reached Nördlingen on The Conqueror Challenges Romantic Road virtual #challenge .

This is a town that is as old as time or at the very least the location certainly is. The town itself was built in a crater which was a result of a meteorite striking at 43,496mi/h (70,000km/h). The diameter of the crater is 15mi (25km) wide and the town sits within its depression.

A climb to the top of St George’s Cathedral clock tower presents an aerial view of the town, the crater and the fully preserved town wall. The 15th century Cathedral was built out of rock known as suevite. This type of rock is typically formed during an impact event such as the asteroid crashing. The clock tower is 300ft (90m) tall and affectionately named “Daniel” by the locals.

In the old locomotive sheds of Nördlingen Station is the Bavarian Railway Museum and home to more than 100 railway vehicles. Nördlingen’s depot was built in 1851 and was used by steam locomotives until 1966 when they were replaced by diesel locomotives and rail buses. In 1985 the depot was adapted to a museum.

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Japanese Shinkansen in National Railway Museum, York, known as the Bullet Train, developed in the 1960s. In the 1960s Japan got the bullet train, meanwhile British Railways were just getting the bullet! #BulletTrain #RailwayMuseum #York #Locomotive #Photography