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Bridgnorth Turntable

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A ==The turntable==The turntable is a 65'3" standard-pattern over-girder turntable was removed from , one of two originally installed at Bristol (Bath Road) on 2nd April 1998 for installation at [[Bridgnorth]]depot. It will be installed as one Following the end of steam in 1960 the depot retained one turntable which was later stages used to turn road vehicles on the cramped site. Bath Road closed in the [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project | Bridgnorth Development Project]]1995.
==Removal==It was removed from the closed depot on 2 April 1998 for eventual installation at [[Bridgnorth]]. This film shows the turntable's removal from Bristol and Transport to [[Eardington]].
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==Relocation to Bridgnorth==
It is planned to be installed as part of the second stage in the [[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project | Bridgnorth Development Project]]. In March 2017 The [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] had raised about £30,000 for the development, around a half of it as restricted gifts for the turntable.
 
==Access and future use==
Planned access would require two reversals, speculating its future use is unlikely to involve regular turning of locomotives between trains.
 
==Links==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bath_Road_depot Bristol Bath Road depot on Wikipedia]
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