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View of the remains of the former Midland Railways shed at Rugby with the main train shed on the right. There were two sheds on the site, one behind the other. The first shed was off-set to the right of the second shed. The first shed had four roads, each having an inspection pit to the front of the shed. Its two right hand roads (those nearest the main line) passed through the shed to sidings at the rear. The second shed had two roads accessed from two lines which ran alongside the first shed and entered the second shed on the left hand side. The right hand portion of the second shed was physically connected to the rear of the first shed by another building. Two turntables existed, one in front of the first shed and the other at the rear of the second shed. This can be seen in the plan of the 1851 station (see 'lnwrrm2468') which shows the first shed being used as a Coke Shed and the second as an Engine Shed. There appears to be some confusion regarding who built the two sheds. In Railway Archive No 7 Stanley Jenkins wrote that the locomotive depot was originally established by the Midland Counties Railway. However in Rugby's Railway Heritage Peter Elliott wrote with regard to the Midland Counties who operated from Derby that the locomotives and crews were based at the other end of the line. However Mike Hitches states in his book The Trent Valley Railway that they were built for the Trent Valley Railway. In all probability they were built by the LNWR as part of the station's development and were later used by the Midland Railway.
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