Episode 6 - Ice Rescue
Tempers flare on the railroad as a heavy train hits problems and track crews deal with a disastrous derail. Tempers flare as Mother Nature and faulty machinery conspire to slow down a freight train. On board the crew battle brake problems and each other as they negotiate some of the most remote stretches of track in Alaska.
Track crews tackling ice and a heavy snowstorm confront their own trials when a disastrous derail leaves them stranded and in need of urgent rescue. Meanwhile off grid couple Taras and Staci Genet avert a fiery disaster when their stove breaks. With no way to heat their cabin and worries about a burn Taras has sustained getting infected they turn to the Alaska Railroad and their own bush knowledge for help. Further into the woods trapper OC has no one else to rely on as he struggles to rescue a boat from the banks of an icy river.