Скачать или смотреть E&N Railway - Ep.1: McLean Mill & the Beauforts (March 2023)

This is Episode 1 of a series of videos of a hike on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway's Port Alberni Subdivision, on March 18, 2023.
For the overall hike, I start at the McLean Mill National Historic Site (north-east of Port Alberni), and reach the E&N at Mile 29.65 via a network of trails.
I then hike eastward on the railway to Mile 26.75, then turnaround and go back westward to Mile 30.2. Then I take trails and ATV roads back down to the Log Train Trail and to the McLean Mill.
My total hike was approximately 13 kilometers.
This is on Vancouver Island, part of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
No train activity here by the E&N Railway since early 2002. This railway is owned by the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF). The railway was previously owned and operated by RailAmerica and by Canadian Pacific (CP).
Various physical and political obstacles would need to be cleared, and partnership relationships established, in order for trains to run here again.

Disclaimer: Walking on any industrial property, including a railway and its structures, exposes you to various risks, and more so if the property is unmaintained. This is not a park or a trail. This requires good situational awareness and alertness, knowledge of the location and its hazards, personal responsibility, and a good assessment of the risk that you are exposing yourself to.

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I was using an external microphone for the first time ever, and I was oblivious to the concept of gain. That's my explanation for the poor crackling sound quality, at times.
This is a long-form video, and I've added chapter markers, shown on the timeline on the bottom of the screen:
0:00 - Welcome and Maps
1:55 - Start of Hike
3:06 - McLean Mill Site
5:11 - Leaving the Mill Site
6:54 - Trail to the Beauforts
10:00 - E&N Arrival
10:46 - Purposes of the Hike
11:47 - New Camera & Mic
12:43 - Long-Term Goal
13:28 - Things I Pack
14:10 - Track Culvert
16:01 - Cleared Windfalls
16:30 - Railway History
17:35 - Railway Outlook
17:54 - Mile-Post 29
19:01 - Mile 28.9 Bridge
20:25 - Pretty Mile
21:56 - Next Episode