[[File:Washout at Victoria Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 552055.jpg |thumb|300px|right| 2007 washout between Victoria Bridge and Eyemore Cutting (Wikimedia Commons)]]
Eyemore Cutting is located at the south (Bewdley) end of [[Victoria Bridge]]. The site was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by English Nature due to the unusual geology, a rare occurrence of coal-bearing mudstones appearing at surface level. Unfortunately this geology has proved less than stable over the years.
In summer 1985A stream is carried underneath the cutting through a Victorian syphon culvert. This is included as item SVR040* in the [[Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List]], work was deemed necessary to remove some unstable rockwhich notes it as being an "extremely unusual feature". Part ==Site of the cutting Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)==The site was strengthened using redundant concrete pads from declared a SSSI by English Nature due to the former BR yard unusual geology, a rare occurrence of coal-bearing mudstones appearing at Kidderminstersurface level first described in 1946. Geological Conservation Review (GCR) Number 1743<refbr>SVR News 79Name Eyemore Railway Cutting </refbr>Unitary Authority Worcestershire <br>Grid Ref SO767792 ==Geological instability==Unfortunately its geology has proved less than stable over the years.
Wet weather in the winter of 2000-2001 resulted in a rockfall on the west side of the cutting. Although the rocks which blocked the line were quickly removed*In summer 1985, the cutting side remained unstable and English Nature required the SVR to engineer a solution to the problem which would not damage the site. While this work was developed in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2001 | Spring 2001]] a watchman was permanently on duty on running days deemed necessary to warn approaching trains if necessary<ref>SVR News 135</ref>remove some unstable rock. English Nature rejected the use Part of a retaining wall or additional ‘gabions’ to those already in place, and opted for the cutting wall to be re-profiled was strengthened using redundant concrete pads from the former BR yard at a shallower angleKidderminster<ref>SVR News 13679</ref>.
Another *Wet weather in the winter of 2000-2001 resulted in a rockfall occurred on the west side of the cutting. Although the rocks which blocked the line were quickly removed, the cutting side remained unstable and English Nature required the SVR to engineer a solution to the problem which would not damage the site. While this was developed in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2005 2001 |February 2005Spring 2001]]a watchman was permanently on duty on running days to warn approaching trains if necessary<ref>SVR News 135</ref>. This required further re-profiling English Nature rejected the use of a retaining wall or additional ‘gabions’ to those already in place, and opted for the cutting wallto be re-profiled at a shallower angle<ref>SVR News 150136</ref>.
The ground between Victoria Bridge and the entrance to Eyemore Cutting was one of the areas affected the *Another rockfall occurred in [[2007 Storm Damage Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2000-2009#2005 | freak storms in June and July 2007February 2005]]. The earlier rockfalls occurred in This required further re-profiling of the cutting, just beyond the signal in the picturewall<ref>SVR News 150</ref>.
A stream is carried underneath *The ground between Victoria Bridge and the entrance to Eyemore Cutting was one of the cutting through a Victorian syphon culvert. This is included as item SVR040* in areas affected the [[Wyre Forest District Council Local Heritage List2007 Storm Damage | freak storms in June and July 2007]]. The earlier rockfalls occurred in the cutting, which notes it as being an "extremely unusual feature"just beyond the signal in the picture.
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==References==
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C.J. Cleal and B.A. Thomas, British Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy, Springer Science & Business Media (2013), pp. 139-141 via [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ew9JCAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA330&ots=0GcB6fqii1&dq=Eyemore%20Cutting&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q=Eyemore%20Cutting&f=false Google books]
==Links==
[http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1743 Joint Nature Conservation Committee]
