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Beattock Summit

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The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present
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of rising or falling gradient for every 69 feet of distance) which made it a notoriously severe climb in the days of
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which had banking locomotives on standby twenty-four hours per day to minimise train delays. The railway was
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The height of the summit reached by the A74(M) motorway is 1,033 feet (315 m) above
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Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day
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and opened on 15 February 1848), it is located 52 miles (83 km) south of
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The summit was the location of a private halt from 1900 to around 1926. 1966
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Liverpool and Manchester to Glasgow express nearing Beattock Summit in 1957
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Line By Line, The West Coast Main Line, London Euston to Glasgow Central
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to get their trains up the incline. There was an engine shed at
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The northbound climb has a 15 mi (24 km) ascent, with
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Sign marking the summit, as seen from the West Coast Main Line
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The severity of the climb to the summit is referenced in
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Index


South Lanarkshire
55°25′18″N 3°35′27″W / 55.4217°N 3.5907°W / 55.4217; -3.5907
Grid reference
NS994152
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway
London Midland and Scottish Railway
West Coast Main Line
A74(M) motorway
Dumfries and Galloway
South Lanarkshire
Scotland
sea level
River Clyde
River Annan
Caledonian Railway Main Line
Caledonian Railway
Glasgow Central
London Euston
gradients
foot
steam locomotives
banking assistance
Beattock
electrified
British Rail
W. H. Auden
Night Mail
G.P.O. Film Unit

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