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[[File:Kidderminster turntable.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kidderminster turntable]]
__TOC__The 70ft vacuum turntable, built by Cowans Sheldon and originally installed at Fort William in 1948<ref>[http://www.tt.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ts/turnInfo.asp?Ref=18 | Vintage Carriages Trust web site]Railway Heritage Register On-Line</ref>, which had resided for several years at Horsted Keynes on the Bluebell Railway, arrived on the SVR in June 1980.<ref>SVR News 56 states 1 June, a photo in SVR News 59 states 18 June</ref> Funds from an [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA raffle]] were used to pay for the transport costs.<ref>SVR News 54, 56</ref>
The Railway originally planned to install it at Bewdley South in the [[Stourport Triangle]]<ref name = "SVRNews56">SVR News 56</ref>, 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.
==Links==
*[http://svrtrust.org.uk/our-vehicles/infrastructure/kidderminster-turntable.html Turntable on svrtrust.org.uk]*[http://www.tt.rhrp.org.uk/ts/turnInfo.asp?Ref=18 Ex-Fort William Turntable on Railway Heritage Register On-Line]
[[Category:SVR fundraising lotteries]]
