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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. <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 Southin the [[Stourport Triangle]]<ref name = "SVRNews56">SVR News 56</ref>, in 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]]<brref>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]]. In spring 1993 the [[:Category:SVR fundraising lotteries|SVRA Bristol 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, 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 the 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. Other visitors 6024 King Edward 1 and 60009 Union of South Africa were turned on the Saturday and Sunday respectively. A second table further six months of work was then undertaken to complete the project.<ref>SVR News 113</ref> 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 from original drawings and replacements were cast. With the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd | SVR Charitable Trust]] more recently wishing to add some additional connections to the turntable the pattern set for the larger ring rail pads was refurbished at the Pattern Shop at Bridgnorth to allow further pads to be cast. The turntable is driven by a vacuum motor, powered by the locomotive being turned. Two large vacuum reservoir cylinders can be evacuated in advance by a vacuum fitted locomotive to allow carriages or non vacuum fitted locomotives to be turned. In the event of no vacuum source being available, a cranking handle is provided. Ownership of the Kidderminster turntable was transferred from the [[Turntable Fund]] to the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd|SVR Charitable Trust]] on 15 September 2009.<ref>SVR News 168</ref> ==Other turntables==Another turntable ex-Whitchurch was already in the SVR’s possession at that time. It was in the 1990s, 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). Pending a decision on where it should be installed, but this has not happened due to it was moved into storage at Eardington where it remains. It will become the [[Bridgnorth Turntable]] as part of the limited room available there[[Bridgnorth#Bridgnorth_Development_Project | Bridgnorth Development Project]]. This is a 65ft 3in Ransom Rapier turntable built in 1957<ref>SVR News 126</ref>.  ==Gallery== <gallery>File:turntable motor.jpg | The vacuum motorFile:Turntable1.jpg | The main control boxFile:Turntable2.jpg | The main control boxFile:Turntable3.jpg | Turntable controlsFile:Turntable4.jpg | The vacuum connectionFile:Turntable5.jpg | The ring rail and wheelsFile:LMS 6233 on Turntable Michael Anderson.jpg | The vacuum connection in use</gallery>

*[[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]]