Railroad Alaska TV Series

A tv show that demonstrates the hard work of railway crews. Avalanches, snow, low temperature, wild animals — anything shouldn’t stop the an important transport! The documentary series of the Discovery Channel are about real professionals who ensure the efficient and safe operation of the railway.

Railroad Alaska

Alaska railroad is an important transport route for the passengers and vital goods across a spacious but sparsely inhabited territory. The railway provides transportation of about 5.5 million tons of cargo per year. These are various goods for industrial and private needs, food and medicine, building materials and structures that are difficult to transport, equipment for military bases and much more. All of these goods must be delivered to the customer in time and undamaged. Trains move along the route and face many difficulties that require high professionalism and care.

The railroad runs from Seward and Whittier in southern Alaska through Anchorage to Fairbanks in central Alaska. The main length of the road is 760 km. Spare and access roads, dead ends, technological branches are about 800 km more. Railway brigades repair about 150 km of track annually. The Alaska Railroad is served by over 200 units of various equipment.

Alaska is an area with a difficult landscape and harsh climatic conditions. Each episode shows the difficulties which railway crews face, how much effort they put into dealing with snow drifts, icing, snowstorms, avalanche threats and other hazards in severe frost conditions.

Railway magazine “Railway Supply”

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