Uxbridge and Rickmansworth  Railway

History - Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury planned to extend the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway {W&RR} 8 miles from Rickmansworth (Church Street) to meet the Great Western Railway's {GWR} at Uxbridge (Vine Street) on the Uxbridge branch to provide a route from the West Coast Main Line at Watford Junction to London Paddington via Uxbridge and West Drayton. The GWR offered to put up £20,000 towards the project and in 1863, Parliamentary authorisation was obtained to construct the extension. The GWR later withdrew its offer of funding and the scheme foundered. Lord Ebury's ambition to link Watford and Uxbridge was never realised, and the W&RR remained a short branch line. In Edwardian days the GWR used part of the route for a branch from GWR/Great Central Railway joint line, now the Chiltern Main Line, to Uxbridge High Street station.
Layouts - assume the Baron was successful, W&RR built, and survived into the late 1990s. Four stations are modelled north to south Batchworth, West Hyde, Harefield , and Newyears Green. Like the Greenford Loop the passenger service is operated by 'Bubble Cars'. Emphasis is on freight with Class 09s hauling local and 20s through freight.