Copley Hill shed, when finally closed, was a 5 track dead ended shed, which faced the east west. The roads to the shed were arranged as a 3 road and 2 road set of blocks, with a brick screen in between them. Re roofed in 1949, it was not dissimilar to the Louvre style.

South of the shed lay a single siding, and south of that the shed's turntable, with a single approach road coming off that siding, and the track into the shed itself.

The shed was in the centre of a triangle between three running lines, as confirmed by the ordnance survey map - to the north east, there is Holbeck, and beyond that, Leeds central. To the North west, is Armley & Wortley, on the line that heads out towards Bradford. There are two running lines that go south, crossing each over, from the north west to the south east, the Bradford line runs southwards towards Beeston and Beeston Junction, heading to Doncaster, while the main line from Leeds central runs south west of the shed and towards Huddersfield.

Copley Hill was particularly famous for its pacific locomotives, and well known for its ex-GCR B4 and B16 classes that worked there. Most importantly, it was home to several specific locomotives including one 60114 W.P Allen, who was there in the early years of its BR career. Another reason to have Copley Hill as the home of the series, was the diverse rolling stock and locomotives that could be seen on a daily basis – ex Great Central Tank engines, ex- Great Northern tender engines, and ex-London and North Eastern Railway everything, and of course, the new Peppercorn A1s in 1948 onwards. The differences in the colours of the liveries – from wartime black to apple green, express passenger blue and brunswick green, all add to the sheer variety and interest of the area at the time of immediate post-nationalisation of Britain's railways.

It was this interesting shed in the Leeds area that was eventually chosen to be the new set of the series. At present, the current sized layout is unsuitable for recreating Copley Hill, but a new set in a purpose built staging area will be built over the next year. The new layout is being researched, designed and built by the series creator, Simon Martin, and he has started a web blog dedicated to the building of the layout itself.

You can find his blog here:

http://copleyhillworks-simierski.blogspot.com/