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A rogue gunman threatens to derail the journey of a large shipment of military hardware; Nancy and Jim face challenges during an ambitious cabin build.
Jim and Nancy James challenge a couple who want to live off the grid; Jennifer Hawks tries to find a missing settler; the freight struggles to deliver a heavy load.
After an accident, Jim James attempts to reach the hospital by train, but obstacles may put him in jeopardy; the freight crew fights to open up a port in lockdown.
A communications shutdown leaves a train hurtling towards a dead zone; off-grid homesteaders tackle the challenge of living off the land in very different ways.
The freight train battles north to make a crucial delivery; things get steamy as old timers JT and Marvin build a traditional bath.
An extra heavy train runs into brake problems; a derailment leaves maintenance teams stranded; homesteaders narrowly avert a fire but are left without heat.
A freight crew faces an icy challenge as they dodge intruders on the track; homesteaders team up to track down an abandoned cabin that washed down stream and became trapped in ice.
The spring thaw puts the railroad into meltdown mode; a freight train stalls on the line's highest bridge.
The freight crew struggles to make a delivery to a salvage crew that is stranded in the wilderness; Jim James returns from town with a surprise for his wife.
A homesteader races to airlift his stranded snow machine out of the frozen tundra; disaster strikes when a couple spends their first winter alone in the wilderness.
Freezing temperatures threaten a fresh water supply; J.T. Evans plans to bring a taste of the tropics to Alaska.
A couple must move their cabin away from a rapidly rising river; a leaky roof must be replaced before a storm; an avalanche threatens to derail a freight train.
A couple rush to make repairs before the cold weather hits; a man decides to sell his cabin; delays threaten to put a train behind schedule.
A family faces down a threat to its food supply; a man makes a grueling 5-hour hike in the wilderness; an ice storm threatens to derail a scheduled freight train.
A porcupine infestation threatens to leave Nancy and Jim without electricity; Dave Weems' nieces hunt for their own supper; on the railroad, an emergency crew battles blocked bridges to make way for a shipment of valuable military equipment.
An earthquake threatens to derail a speeding freight train; a couple must race to build an emergency shelter to protect their young baby; Dave Weems' nieces visit to sample life in Alaska.
Rising temperatures cause a new set of problems, threatening lives on and off the rails; a couple travel to an abandoned cabin; a couple search for an emergency vehicle.
As spring arrives, people scramble to repair their cabins and homesteads; the freight team prepares for a cargo of explosives.
An avalanche delays brakemen Danny Forsman and Lynn 'Animal' Reitz; road master Hugh Evans battles freezing temperatures.
As a snowstorm blocks Alaska's lifeline, Danny and Animal bring out the Beast, a 67-ton snowplow, and race to clear the way for a freight train; Hugh must make sure the passenger train makes it home.
Ice and snow threaten to shut down the rails leaving an off-gridder stranded; Brakemen Danny and Animal must transport $5 million worth of freight to Anchorage.
Brothers Steven and Jonathon try to fix a collapsing roof on their cabin before a life-threatening snowstorm hits; Brakeman, Danny, and Animal race to deliver military equipment to Anchorage.
A broken rail switch threatens to derail a train and stop crucial medical supplies from getting to homesteaders; a twenty-ton icicle must be shot down before it hits a train.
Floodwater from the spring thaw threatens to wash away a section of track; bears pose a danger.