Following an elite crew of workers-- brakemen, engineers, construction crews, mechanics and train drivers – Railroad Alaska illustrates the battle against ferocious weather and treacherous terrain to keep the State of Alaska’s critical 500-mile long railroad rolling to deliver life sustaining supplies. From controlled avalanches to prevent catastrophe, to fascinating characters, like Jim James, the one-handed handy man, learn what it takes to keep this train on track.
Actor Julie Walters rides upon the UK's most beautiful coastal railways.
The Flying Scotsman has broken records and starred in movies.
“Buying Alaska” proves that forgoing basic amenities is a reasonable tradeoff when it comes to breat...
Professor Alice Roberts gets exclusive access to some of the most recently uncovered archaeology in ...
Railway adventures across Australia follows the exploits of Scott McGregor on his quest to find the ...
Restoration experts restore iconic rail carriages back to their former glory
Trainspotting Live will bring three nights of spotting, joy and excitement to BBC Four as Peter Snow...
The year 2004 saw two hundred years of railways in Great Britain and to celebrate this historic land...
A journey riding the rails around the world, from the locomotive to rail traffic control to the main...
Hidden deep in the wilderness of Alaska is the toughest town in America: McCarthy. Only 42 residents...
Covering thousands of miles, Sir Tony Robinson takes a whirlwind journey around the globe by train.
Climb up on the footplate and join historian and host Dan Cruickshank for a railway adventure like n...
In Alaska is a region known as the Triangle - 200,000 unforgiving miles where more people go missing...
In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in A...
Deep in the Alaskan wilderness lives a newly discovered family who was born and raised wild. Billy B...
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kil...
Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold. With new miners, new cla...