Alan Philip

An interview with Alastair Craighead, president of FORT-VI, and Denise Savoie, former city councillor and MP describing how the Galloping Goose was created

An interview with David Slade, vice-president of FORT-VI

Conversations with trail users on the 15th anniversary of the last passenger train.

Charlie Chaplin is hired to maintain the E&N corridor.

Benno and Des discuss options to replace the bridge over the tracks to Savory School.

March 19, 2011 is the day the trains stopped. The tracks were no longer safe, and they have continued to deteriorate.

Benno and Des discuss remediation of the corridor, how much might be needed, what it might cost, and what is “catastophism”.

The Reconciliation Corridor Initiative of the CRD was announced in December of 2025. Benno and Des discuss the implications for trails, trains and traffic.

Benno & Des use existing examples and studies to show that having trails beside rails is not a feasible alternative to rails-TO-trails

Rail trails can provide a huge opportunity for tourism benefits to Vancouver Island.