01. We shall now head to Rickmansworth. The majority of the trackbed is now a public footpath, 'The Ebury Way'. The sun sets on the former depot headshunt which is quickly being reclaimed by nature in this February 2005 view.

02. The River Colne had to be bridged several times. This view is near Holywell looking towards Rickmansworth.

03. A survivor, albeit incomplete... a gradient arm post waits for trains that will never come again .....near Holywell, February 2005.

04. Railway ballast remains in situ in this view looking towards Watford by the now removed overbridge that led to Brightwells Farm.

05. The removal of the overbridge to Brightwells Farm resulted in the cutting being landscaped to allow cyles easy access. This view is looking towards Watford.

06. From the same spot but looking towards Rickmansworth. The embankment here was very steep and it was barely possible to walk down without slithering when the overbridge was still in situ.

07. The Rickmansworth branch served several industrial sidings. One branched off here on the right to serve the Colne Valley Water Co. Light Railway which ran narrow gauge trains to their pumping station on Eastbury Road.

08. Note carefully the contour of the field - it marks the standard gauge access from the Ricky branch to the narrow gauge transfer sidings which occupied the ground immediately to the left of the photo.

09. The Universal Asbestos Works once occupied the land to the right. Camelots Headquarters now occupy the sight. Tolpits Lane overbridge is in the distance as we look towards Watford. My Uncle worked the branch in steam days and recalls the lineside hedgerows were white with asbestos dust hereabouts.

10. Looking towards Rickmansworth, the cycle track doesnt follow the true course of the railway and deviates in places. This view is looking towards Rickmansworth, near where the asbestos works siding branched off.

11. More evidence of the cycle route deviating from the course of the railway, this is again near Tolpits and the industrial estates.

12. Moor Lane Crossing. Looking towards Watford, Common Moor occupies the land to the left. More industrial units and housing occupy the land to the right.

13. From the same spot as photo 12, looking the other way towards Rickmansworth and the Metropolitan Railways bridge.

14. A Cravens A60/62 Metropolitan Line train heads across the bridge as we look towards Watford.

15. Looking towards Watford, the line gently curves around before it will pass under the Met Line. The fencing on the right protects access to a fishery.

16. Fencing on the Grand Union Canal bridge appears to be made up of narrow gauge railway track on metal sleepers. Could this have come from the Colne Valley Water Companys light railway?

17. A closer view of the 'fencing' on the Grand Union Canal bridge.

18. The canal bridge looking towards Watford.

19. Viewed from the towpath, it is clear that this bridge was constructed to allow the possibility of double tracking in the future. Sadly, such foresight was in vain.

20. Ramped access is provided where the canal and old railway meet. When I first walked the line in the late 1980s, there was no such accessibility provided between the two.

21. A nondescript stretch of the trackbed in the environs of Croxleyhall Farm.

22.Looking towards Rickmansworth, again near Croxleyhall Farm, a small stream passes beneath the trackbed.

23. Looking towards Watford with evidence of two minor bridges visible over the Chess which meets the canal and the River Gade at Rickmansworth.

24. This post has been at this precarious angle for over 10 years, and the right arm has been damaged for at least the same length of time.

25.The start of the Ebury way at the Rickmansworth end. Lord Ebury was the promoter of the line when it was built.

26. The remains of the trackbed stop abruptly at this point, and the path deviates sharply down to the left to finish by the canal locks. A housing estate today occupies the site of the former goods yard and station.

27. Rickmansworth Church Street in the 21st century.... no trace remains of the buildings or yard. Its gone the way of many an old railway line.... wiped off the face of the earth.