Bankfield Rd is a minimum space O gauge finescale layout set in the Black Country in the immediate post WWII period. The railways may be about to be nationalised, but this is still the world of the LMS. Small engines shunt a factory siding and a canal wharf, while the occasional passenger waits for the ancient six wheel coaches that make up the train at the tiny station.

Bankfield Road was previously built and operated with a different title. The track is mainly Peco and all the scenic structures are scratch-built. The locos and stock are mainly kit-built with one modified ready-to-run loco.

The layout was originally built in the Midlands; it passed through several hands during which time it suffered some distress before being rebuilt and revitalised in its current form by John & Jackie Kneeshaw.