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Cable channel to live-stream Alaska Railroad on Thanksgiving
I had rather watch this and Alaska’s beautiful scenery than anything else that day. I like Railroad Alaska t.v. show so this could be interesting. Never know what can happen in real time!!
Won’t this be mostly at night?
I beg to differ that this presentation of a train journey will be boring. It will be an adventure and a thrill. That is what rail aficionados love to do.
What is really boring for a non-sports fan like me are those football games that are as colourful as a soiled pair of gym socks.
Mr. Deveau, The route is entirely below the Arctic circle. There should be (mostly) daylight for the trip.
whats the over/under on how many Moose they are going to take out?
That is a interesting question. There are moose crossing the tracks on just about every show. Like I said earlier this will be better than watching the Lions get beat. No offence Detroit. (no pun intended).
So a train ride is boring? Granted, actually being on the train would be much better.
I watch “Railroad Alaska” because I like railroads but it seems somewhat scripted and forced to me. Nevertheless, I’ll be watching this too.
I looked up the sunrise times in Talkeetna for Turkey day. It’s 9:45 AM Alaska time, which is 1:45 PM EST, so yeah, this will be mostly in the dark.
The footage might be unedited and in real time as one would experience the ride, but this cannot be a simulcast–9 am EST is 5am here in Alaska-- middle of the night as we approach the shortest days of the year. This article is incomplete in some fashion.
There’s nothing saying this will be a live telecast. It will be a taped presentation, but not edited. So a five hour trip will be a five hour show.
I have watch this series off and on for the past two seasons. It may be an improvement if shown without showing some of the obviously scripted / directed scenarios that are the usual bill of fare.
If you know anything abour railroad operations, this show is hilarious and embarrassing.
If Alaska RR really operates this way, they should have an accident a day.
The railroaders are real railroaders, but they’re awful actors.
Tell the crews to mount a microphone near the stack on the lead SD70MAC, so we can all hear the 16-710G3 engine doing its job and making sweet music!
I have access to about 200 channels and still don’t watch much TV as much of its boring. Endless sitcoms, guys choppin down trees, aliens aliens aliens everywhere, more and more scripted so called reality shows. They’ve done reality shows about most everything but mowing grass and delivering pizza. Remember the writers strike in the last decade? Most of the reality shows had to stop because they had “writers”. I hope it re re repeat so I can watch it in the evening that day.
I’ve watch youtube videos that were 2 hours long of cab rides but 5 hours is a bit much. DVR time. 
Wait, “Discovery” Communications who is directly responsible for such “gems” as “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” and “19 Kids and Counting” doesn’t realize that 5 hours of a train traveling through Alaska is about 500 quadrillion times better than the garbage they have foisted on the American public???
Well, that was… less than exciting. I’m glad I DVR’d it, because I ended up fast forwarding at 8x or 16x for most of it. Also, way too many commercials. If you missed, you didn’t miss much.
I kept waiting for something exciting to happen. There was some poor train handling. Improper blowing for crossings and sliding the wheels while stopping. At least there wasn’t the usual phony last second saves. It did explain to me how easy it is for a train crew to fall asleep. I know I did.