Railroad Alaska

TV Series
2013–
1h

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The lives of people living in Alaska with the railroad as a backdrop.The lives of people living in Alaska with the railroad as a backdrop.The lives of people living in Alaska with the railroad as a backdrop.

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7.1/10

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Bill Bivins

Self - Engineer…

Demetri Goritsas

Narrator

George Huling

Self - Conductor

Harry Ross

Self - Conductor

Wanda Robinson

Self - Brakeman

Willie Washington

Self - Track Worker…

Jim James

Self - Offgridder

Nancy James

Self - Offgridder

Ron Rifredi

Self - Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Davy Registe

Self - Conductor…

Mike Hoadley

Self - Foreman

J.T. Evans

Self - Offgridder

Steve Hupe

Self - Mechanical Maintenance Technician…

Bruce Gough

Self - Roadmaster, South End…

Darin Capps

Self - Heavy Equipment Operator

Tyler Dynes

Self - Offgridder

John Barber

Self - Track Worker

Pat Volmer

Self - Transportation Manager

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Trivia
The series could actually be easily be split in half and re-packaged as 2 complementary series. One focusing purely on the Railway operations, and the other focusing primarily on the "off-gridders" struggles and successes living in the wilderness.

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Many of the "calamities" appeared staged. They couldn't just have enough cameras at the exact points when half the failures happen. It does seem like many of the issues are made to look more urgent or are actually emergency drills rather than real issues.

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8/10

Fascinating - I want more

The Alaskan imagery and off-grid way of life is fascinating.

I do agree with the notion that each episode is like the next and it's a little over-dramatic to be a "reality" show, but conceptually, it's great.

I love watching and I watch this show more than other Alaska- based shows because of the railroad aspect.

I'm hoping for another season, and would love to see the show expand on that, including historical looks and scenery that most people would never otherwise see.

More Railroad-based programming would be equally as fascinating.