Derby Locomotive Shed with a 70 ft. turntable was provided for locomotives too large to be accommodated inside the roundhouses.

These are:- Stanier LMS 4-6-0s grouped round the external turntable at Derby Locomotive Depot on the 2 April 1950.

Left to right:- 'Jubilee' 5XP No. 45664 'Nelson' (built 1/35, withdrawn 5/65), then 5MT 4-6-0s 44853 (1944 6/67), 44819 (1944 - 11/67) and 44856 (1944 - 2/67). In 1950 all these would normally be engaged in express passenger work. At that time Derby Depot (coded 17A) had an allocation of 139 locomotives all of which were steam.