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2010 is the 64th Anniversary Year of the S Scale Society and their first visit to Scaleforum.

Bank Hall Sidings is a minimum space layout inspired by the various sidings and rail-linked industries, which were part of the East Lancashire line in the early 1960s. The locos are probably the main reason why the layout location is a little vague, but I have used the various sets of etchings and fittings that become available from the S Scale Society. They are however consistent in their mechanisms, and all have split axles, High-Level gearboxes, flywheels, can motors and Sharman or Alan Gibson wheels, shorted-out and using the EM profile. The rolling stock is a mixed bag, with items constructed from S-Scale Society etchings or scratchbuilt using underframe fittings from the Society.
The trackwork is built using pcb sleepers and flat bottom code 83 rail to represent the type used in some industrial locations, and is laid to the finescale dimensions devised by Ian Pusey. The buildings are scratchbuilt, some using computer chads for the brickwork, whilst others take advantage of the various Slaters and Wills sheets. Many of the details are actually items intended for other scales but adapted to S Scale, which is of
course 3/16 to 1 foot.