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[[File:OS Folly Point 1901.JPG|thumb|300px|right|1901 OS Map showing Folly Point and the Elan Valley Aqueduct]]'''Folly Point''' is situated between [[Bewdley ]] and [[Arley]], or more specifically between [[Northwood Halt]] and [[Trimpley Reservoirs & Waterworks|Trimpley Reservoir ]] north of milepost 139½. It The area, which takes its name from the promontory on the opposite bank of the [[River Severn]], is the narrowest part of the valley along the line, with the River Severn running close to the line and around 40 feet below it. This has made the area prone to landslips both in history and preservation. [[Excursions by Railway|An 1863 article describing the railway]] referred to a ford at Folly Point, noting that "''Between Bewdley and Upper Arley the river is full of shoals and rapids. One of these — the Folly ford — must be a great obstacle to the navigation, as the river falls over a ledge of rock which runs directly across the stream, leaving one narrow passage on the west side through which the boats are steered''".

==Preservation==The area received attention from the Permanent Way Department in autumn 1976, including lifting, packing and slewing the track.<ref>SVR News 41</ref>. In 1977-78 a school project saw children from Warren Farm School in Birmingham make a number of visits under SVR supervision to help clear the land and improve views around Folly Point.<ref>SVR News 46-47</ref> A major slip in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1980-1989#1980 | 1980]] required excavation of the formationto a depth of 2-3 metres stepped downwards in intervals of 1 metre, installation of new drainage, the insertion of stone filled ‘gabions’ and the lifting of the track by around 18inches 18 inches over a length of some 60 feet. Services ran only between Bridgnorth and Arley for several weeks while the work was carried out,<ref>SVR News 55-56</ref><ref name=JM>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 95.</ref> and the slip curtailed the [[Western Locomotive Association]]’s spring diesel weekend.<ref>SVR News 68</ref>  Substantial re-railing was carried out at Folly Point in 1982. Folly Point was also affected by has some sharp reverse curves and the 'high rail' on the outside each curve is subject to wear on its inside edge as the freak storms flanges of June 2007each wheel pass, this fault being known as 'side cutting'. On this occasion, rails in better condition recovered from flat bottomed relaying elsewhere on the line were used. A description <ref>SVR News 63</ref>  In spring 1993 SVR News noted that a tightening up of the damage workshop and photographs of the repair work in progress are included inspection procedures had been introduced following an investigation by Chief Engineer [[2007 Storm Damage | hereAlun Rees]]into the causes of a derailment at Folly Point.<ref>SVR News 106</ref>

Immediately south of In 2006 the area between [[Trimpley Reservoirs & Waterworks|Trimpley Waterworks]] and Folly Pointwas relaid with new concrete sleepers and flat bottomed rail.<ref>SVR News 154, an aqueduct carries water from the Elan Valley across the River Severn. 156</ref> During construction of the aqueduct in 1899The following year, a siding known as ‘Folly Folly Point Siding’ was constructed for affected by the contractor’s use[[2007 Storm Damage|freak storms of June 2007]], but removed in 1906 when the aqueduct and was completed. The pipes from one of the aqueduct that pass underneath first places along the railway where remedial work began.<ref>SVR metals were replaced in News 160</ref> A description of the winter damage and photographs of the repair work in progress are included [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 2010-2019#1015 2007 Storm Damage | 2014-15here]].

==Sources==From Immediately south of Folly Point, the [[Elan Valley Aqueduct]] carries water from the Elan Valley across the River Severn. During construction of the aqueduct in 1899, a siding known as '[[Folly Point Siding]]' was constructed for the Windowcontractor’s use, SVRbut removed in 1906 when the aqueduct was completed.<brref name=JM/>The pipes from the aqueduct that pass underneath the SVR metals were replaced in the winter of [[Severn Valley Railway, John MarshallTimeline 2010-2019#1015 | 2014-15]].

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