Barney Gibbs, a Barbadian social activist and environmental entrepreneur first suggested establishing a multi-user and multi-purpose trail along the abandoned Barbados Railway in 2008.

Dr. Tara Inniss, Lecturer in History at The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados, Faculty of Humanities and Education, Director, UWI/ OAS Caribbean Heritage Network (CHN) Coordinator, Heritage Studies

Denzil Phillips, "The Sherlock Holmes of Plants, expert in the design & implementation of sustainable commercial projects in the field of medicinal & aromatic plants and related botanicals, Denzil was part of a group who built the global botanicals industry and started the naturals movement more than 40 years ago.

Ralf A. Luther, retired, avid runner and hiker and general outdoors enthusiast, also likes trains a lot