These units were intended to be used for hauling heavy trains on steep lines.

Beating its mighty wings the bird hung almost motionless in the air, its back a steep line.

Above the choking condition, the working lines tend to coalesce into a unique steep straight line.

The fourth steepest main line bank on the British mainland, with a constant 1 in 42 for 2 miles.

His stress rose in steep, jagged lines, spiked high into the danger zone as the new Sathid linked with the first.

The point I wish to make is simply that the sheer, steep line of history is a myth.

Fabien Barel gets a rush of adrenaline on a steep line through unexpected terrain.

The virtual-reality screen ignored the weather and showed a steep line of cliffs extending far to the east.

The last two examples were also equipped with Riggenbach counterpressure brakes, which enabled their operation on steep lines.

For more than one hundred years, this was the steepest main line in Europe.