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Another report in SVR News for spring 1999 noted that the next phase of the project would require further fundraising. Several sites were still being studied, "''none of which would be simple or cheap''".<ref name=SVR129/>
Since that time the turntable has remained in store at Eardington in the station yard. The now-defunct SVR South Eastern Branch had in the past conducted some maintenance to prevent further deterioration. In Summer 2018 the Fund, assisted by the [[Eardington|Friends of Eardington Station]], cleared away the undergrowth and painted the main deck of the turntable: it was noted some smaller components have disappeared.<ref name=SVREP062018>SVR Express Points June 2018</ref>
==Planned relocation to Bridgnorth==
===Access and future use===
The proposed location for the turntable is shown in the plan below. Part of the site currently forms the exit road from the overflow car park. Phase 2 of the Bridgnorth Development Project includes additional car parking with a re-routed exit road which would need to be completed before the turntable could be installed. Planned access by locomotives would require two reversals, speculating its future use is unlikely to involve regular turning of locomotives between trains during normal service. By Summer 2018 the SVR was looking at "possibly more practical locations".<ref>SVR News 202 Summer 2018, p. 15</ref>
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By Summer 2018 the SVR was looking at "possibly more practical locations".<ref>SVR News 202 Summer 2018, p. 15</ref> with test bores have been carried out to assess the suitability of a site adjacent to the [[Bridgnorth Loco Works|loco shed]] at Bridgnorth.<ref name=SVREP062018/>
A project team for the specification of the West side Project is intended to tender for this phase during the summer of 2018.<ref>SVR NBI 16 March 2018</ref>