beattock summit造句

• At Beattock the serious climbing started with a gradient of 1 in 88 increasing to 1 in 74 for ten miles to Beattock Summit.
• Beattock Summit is located approximately 10 mi ( 16 km ) to the north of the village in the neighbouring administrative area of South Lanarkshire.
• The train was pulled by steam engines, doubleheader, normally Duchess class locomotives assisted by an additional engine at the rear at Beattock Summit.
• It followed the Annan valley into a rural area away from any settlements as it crossed the Beattock Summit between the Annan and Clyde valleys towards Elvanfoot.
• In 1845 the Caledonian Railway was authorised to construct a line from both Glasgow and Edinburgh to Carlisle, crossing the Southern Uplands at Beattock Summit ( 1, 033 feet, 315 m ).
• Notable engineering feats included taking the road over the Beattock Summit, construction of the original Metal Bridge just south of the Scottish Border in 1820, and carrying the road over Cartland Craigs by a 130-foot viaduct.
• The road received a substantial upgrade in the early 19th century under the direction of Thomas Telford, who made significant engineering improvements, including a new route over the Beattock Summit and the Metal Bridge just in England just south of the border.
• Power output was increased to 5000 hp to deal with the more demanding gradients on the northern half of the WCML such as Shap Fell and Beattock Summit, and the top speed was raised to 110 mph ( 180 km / h ).