Railroad Alaska

2013 β€’ Destination America
4.6
105 reviews
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Season 3 episodes (8)

1 Under Siege
11/14/15
A quarter of a billion dollars' worth of military hardware is on board, but a rogue gunman threatens to derail the journey. Off grid, Nancy and Jim face challenges during an ambitious cabin build.
2 Eye of the Storm
11/21/15
In the woods Jim and Nancy James challenge a wannabe off grid couple, and Jennifer Hawks tries to find a missing settler. Meanwhile, the freight struggles to deliver a heavy load.
3 Night From Hell
11/28/15
After an accident, veteran off-gridder Jim James attempts to reach the hospital by train, but obstacles may put him in jeopardy. Elsewhere, the freight crew fights to open up a port in lockdown.
4 The Dead Zone
12/5/15
A communications shutdown leaves a train hauling the biggest load ever moved on the Alaska Railroad hurtling towards a Β‘dead zone'. Off-grid homesteaders tackle the challenge of living off the land in very different ways.
5 Mountain Hell
12/12/15
Heading to the highest point on the Alaska Railroad, the freight train battles north to make a crucial delivery. Off grid things get steamy as old timers JT and Marvin build a traditional bath.
6 Ice Rescue
12/19/15
Tempers flare as an extra heavy train runs into brake problems and a derailment leaves maintenance teams stranded. Off grid, homesteaders narrowly avert a fire but are left without heat.
7 Trapped in Ice
12/26/15
A freight crew racing towards Anchorage faces an icy challenge as they dodge intruders on the track. In the wilderness, homesteaders team up to track down an abandoned cabin washed down stream and trapped in ice.
8 Meltdown
1/2/16
In Alaska the spring thaw puts the railroad into meltdown mode and a freight train is stalled on the line's highest bridge Β– the infamous Hurricane Gulch.

About this show

Follow an elite crew of workers - brakemen, engineers and drivers - as they battle ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep the State of Alaska's critical, 650-mile long, railroad rolling through the extreme winter. It is the only lifeline for off-grid settlers living in America's largest wilderness.

Ratings and reviews

4.6
105 reviews
Jan Grossman
July 9, 2014
I watched one episode and became sick to my stomach at the pure self involved seniors, Mary & Clyde. Not worried about their son and grandson traveling 100 miles to get to them safely with the generator, but complaining the entire time about the snow, no electric, all the hard work they CHOOSE to endure, and how badly they depend on their children now and will again in the future when they can no longer care for themselves. You can hear the years of disappointment in the son's voice when he Speaks about "Trying to make his Mom happy, which is never good enough for her". These 2 seniors need to be living next to a nursing home or hospital instead of complaining about how hard it is to "live off-the-grid". They have one foot in the grave and nothing but complaining about their hard lives and bad mouthing people who choose to live in "The Cities". Well, guess what Grandma? When you have a massive heart attack and you're expecting sonny boy to come Save the day while he's one hundred miles away, you'll be up sh#t's Creek. Your son even looks like he's a hundred years old and you and grandpa are close to becoming Morbidly Obese. At this point you 2 are just severely obese.
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William Gacy
December 29, 2013
Great show, very well presented. Would like to see more on the ARR and would like to see shows on other railroads, also.
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Francis V Surroca
March 15, 2019
Very entertaining with great life actors πŸ‘πŸ‘‹βœŒοΈ
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