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Kidderminster Turntable

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more info on potential bridgnorth turntable
[[File:Kidderminster turntable.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kidderminster turntable]]
The __TOC__The 70ft vacuum turntable ex-Fort William, which had resided for several years at Horsted Keynes on the Bluebell Railway, arrived on the SVR in June 1980<ref name="SVRNews56">SVR News 56</ref>. The Railway originally planned to install it at Bewdley South in the [[Stourport Triangle]]<ref name = "SVRNews56" />, the fork between the [[Kidderminster]] and [[Stourport]] branches, but the development of Kidderminster led to its installation there instead. A track plan published shortly before Kidderminster opened in [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station | July 1984]] showed a proposed site for the turntable on the station side of [[Kidderminster Footbridge]]<ref>SVR News 72</ref>, however the eventual location chosen was on the same side of the line (to the right when leaving the station) but a similar distance beyond the footbridge.
Fund raising to install the turntable began in the summer of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1991 | 1991]], and installation was completed in time for the autumn steam gala in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1994 | 1994]]. Visiting locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman was turned as a prelude to the gala in a christening ceremony carried out by Lady Lucinda Lambton, although 600 Gordon had already managed a turn during an earlier 'Thomas' event.
Another turntable ex-Whitchurch was already in the SVR’s possession at that time, originally intended for installation at Bridgnorth<ref name = "SVRNews56" />. This turntable is no longer at the SVR, reportedly now being in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_turntable#Great_Britain Mallaig, Scotland].
A third turntable was acquired in 1998 ex-Bristol (Bath Road), also for installation at Bridgnorth. This is a 65ft 3in Ransom Rapier turntable built in 1957<ref>SVR News 126</ref>. Pending a decision on where it should be installed, it was moved into storage at Eardington where it remains.
The Kidderminster turntable is owned by the SVR Charitable Trust.
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