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original track plan showed proposed location on the station side of the footbridge
[[File:Kidderminster turntable.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kidderminster turntable]]
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.
