Railroad Alaska

2013 • Destination America
4.6
105 reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Frozen Danger
11/16/13
Off-grid settlers Jim, Nancy and John face being stranded without basic necessities when an avalanche hits and blocks the track. Roadmaster Hugh Evans battles freezing temperatures to get propane to the off-gridders before they literally freeze to death.
2 The Beast
11/23/13
A devastating snowstorm blocks Alaska's lifeline. Danny and Animal to bring out the Beast, a 67 ton snowplow - and race to clear the way for a freight train hauling vital diesel to Seward. And homesteaders, Mary and Clyde, need an emergency generator.
3 Killer Ice
11/30/13
When ice threatens to shut down the rails, pregnant off-gridder Amanda Simpson is left stranded while her friend seeks out supplies. Brakemen Danny and Animal must transport $5 million worth of freight to Anchorage, navigating a wild moose on the rails.
4 Disaster Trail
12/7/13
Off the grid brothers, Steven and Jonathon, must fix a collapsing roof on their cabin before a life-threatening snowstorm. Brakemen, Danny and Animal, race to deliver military equipment to Anchorage when a car derails, threatening to shut down the line.
5 Ice Dagger
12/14/13
Hugh Evans finds a broken rail switch that threatens to derail a train and stop crucial medical supplies from getting through to homesteaders, Clyde and Mary Lovel, and Roadmaster Bruce must shoot down a twenty-ton icicle before it hits a train.
6 Spring Attacks
12/21/13
With the spring thaw comes floodwater that threatens to wash away a section of track that Roadmaster Bruce must race to repair. The spring also means bears, which pose a danger to settlers Jim and Nancy as they make their way to the passenger train.

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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Michael Satterfield
February 17, 2017
What can I say, I love trains and love watching this kind of show. I am hoping for season 4.
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