This cache is part of the Moffat to Leadhills (M2L) series placed for the Caledonain CacheFest
This cache is placed very close to Beattock Summit
The summit was the highest point on the Caledonian Railway Main Line north of the border (built by the Caledonian Railway and opened on 15 February 1848), it is located 83 km south of Glasgow Central and 558 km north of London Euston stations.
The northbound climb has a 24 km ascent, with gradients of up to 1 in 69 which made it a notoriously severe climb in the days of steam locomotives, which frequently required banking assistance to get their trains up the incline. There was an engine shed at Beattock which had banking locomotives on standby twenty-four hours per day to minimise train delays. The railway was electrified in 1974 by British Rail.
The severity of the climb to the summit is referenced in W. H. Auden's poem Night Mail, written in 1936 for the G.P.O. Film Unit's celebrated production of the same name
There is plenty of parking at the location.