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The [[File:Kidderminster turntable.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kidderminster turntable]]__TOC__The 70ft vacuum turntable ex-, built by Cowans Sheldon and originally installed at Fort William in 1948<ref>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. The Railway originally planned to install it at Bewdley South<ref>SVR News 56 states 1 June, a photo in the fork between the [[Kidderminster]] and Stourport branches, but the development of Kidderminster led to its installation there instead. During the run up to installation a number of the large and small cast iron pads that support the ring rail were found to be missing. Patterns were made at the SVR's pattern-shop News 59 states 18 June</ref> Funds from original drawings and replacements were cast. With the an [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd :Category:SVR fundraising lotteries| SVR Charitable TrustSVRA raffle]] more recently wishing to add some additional connections were used to the turntable the pattern set pay for the larger ring rail pads was refurbished at the Pattern Shop at Bridgnorth to allow further pads to be casttransport costs.<ref>SVR News 54, 56</ref>

A second turntable ex-Whitchurch was already The Railway originally planned to install it at Bewdley South in the SVR’s possession at that time[[Stourport Triangle]]<ref name = "SVRNews56">SVR News 56</ref>, the fork between the [[Kidderminster]] and [[Stourport]] branches, originally intended for but the development of Kidderminster led to its installation at Bridgnorththere instead. This A track plan published shortly before Kidderminster opened in [[The development of Kidderminster Town Station | July 1984]] showed a proposed site for the turntable is no longer at on the station side of [[Kidderminster Footbridge]]<ref>SVR, reportedly now being in [http:/News 72</en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_turntable#Great_Britain Mallaigref>, Scotland]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.

A third Fund raising to install the turntable was acquired began in 1998 exthe summer of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1991 | 1991]]. In spring 1993 the [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA Bristol (Bath Road)Branch raffle]] "Spin-a-Loco in '93" raised £7,500 including donations.<ref>SVR News 107, 109, 110</ref> The turntable was connected to the SVR network on [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1990-1999#1994 |31 July 1994]], with the [[Smiths, also Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane|6 ton steam crane and match truck]] being the first items of rolling stock to be turned, followed by the [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290|"Red Ruston"]] diesel shunter. Installation was completed in time for installation at Bridgnorththe turntable to feature in that year's autumn steam gala. Visiting locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman was turned on Friday 23 September as a prelude to the gala in a christening ceremony carried out by Lady Lucinda Lambton, although [[LMR 600 Gordon]] had already managed a turn on 9 September during an earlier 'Thomas' event. Pending a decision Other visitors 6024 King Edward 1 and 60009 Union of South Africa were turned on where it should be installed, it the Saturday and Sunday respectively. A further six months of work was moved into storage at Eardington where it remainsthen undertaken to complete the project. <ref>SVR News 113</ref>

*[[List of infrastructure]]<br>[[Kidderminster Footbridge | Towards Kidderminster]]<br>[[Hoo Road Bridge | Towards Bridgnorth]]<br>[[Kidderminster | Kidderminster Station]]<br>[[Bridgnorth Turntable]] ==References==<references /> ==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] [[KidderminsterCategory:SVR fundraising lotteries]] [[Category:Featured articles]]