From Talkeetna heading north, I hand flagged the train many times back in the 80s and 90s. (then I discovered snow machines)

@theisononthecake63

Жыл бұрын

I want to go and live there

@isacchris1

Жыл бұрын

@@theisononthecake63 Sounds awesome!

@levifinney7192

Жыл бұрын

@PseudeaEpimetheus c. Cv cv. Zcvzvcv zxcv.

See! This is why I love KZread. You never know what you're going to find on a rainy afternoon. Facinating history up there.

@CFarnwide

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Brochner I agree! KZread can be horribly frustrating sometimes but every once in a while you run across a gem like this which keeps me coming back.

@cwespey9938

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Brochner 😦

@Mrbfgray

6 жыл бұрын

C Farnwide I think that frustration fades with time and use, I almost forgot that feeling as one of these 'gems' leads to another. The advertising gradually increases but so far that's a fairly small price to pay given that anyone can supply content on any topic.

@jacqueshuysman3351

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Brochne

@jacqueshuysman3351

6 жыл бұрын

C Farnwi

I love learning the history of railroads. Especially railroads that are built along the ocean and in remote areas.

I miss Alaska

When I was in Anchorage in the Coast Guard, I frequented the Alaska Railroad's shops and yards often. It was a time I will never forget and will appreciate the rest of my life! Thank you so much for producing this documentary, it is rich with our heritage that many take for granted.

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams

@semajksuh694

3 жыл бұрын

I often use the quote .. ''In life we forget far more than we will ever remember'' ........ wish i could remember who coined the phrase?

The work that goes into building something like a railroad through this insane terrain is just astonishing. These are among my favorite types of documentaries- where you get to see how hard work turns into a wonder of the world. When I can’t sleep sometimes I think about being a railroad hand, perhaps working on flattening dynamiting/blasting into the side of a mountain, sheltering after a hard day at work while the wind screams and whips at a makeshift cabin in the night.

@GottliebGoltz

4 жыл бұрын

You might check out "The trans-Siberian Railroad" on KZread.

@TheMattc999

2 жыл бұрын

@@diamondthegoddess huh????

@diamondthegoddess

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMattc999 I have no idea I dropped my iPad and it had a mind of its own typing sorry

@stefanlatchman3486

2 жыл бұрын

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@charleskennedy7951

11 ай бұрын

😂

Excellent! The truck companies complaining about unfair competition no doubt conveniently forget that they don't have to maintain their own infrastructures. The railway does. Long life and prosperity to the Alaska Railroad.

@KStewart-th4sk

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, the railroads maintain their own infrastructure while heavy semi-trucks pound the highway to destruction while taxpayers pay for fixing or building new ones.

I'm a Seattle native and used to work for a time as a tour guide along the waterfront. It's amazing how much the gold rush affected that city. Even more amazing to think of what those people went through to get up there. Talk about working for your money!

We're Australian & like to get away from the summer sun. My wife and I went to Alaska 2016, beginning of March, late winter. What an amazingly wonderful place. Travelled from Faibanks to to Anchorage by train. Wow! We would love to go back. The animals, birds, Northern Lights, scenery, people-------yes, we want to go back again.

@ddingus2254

6 жыл бұрын

+Bootsie Collins ...please explain more...and better

@ecosby100

6 жыл бұрын

Suprised u dident see me naked riding a elk while you were gazing into the country side

@kystars

6 жыл бұрын

D Dingus I don't think he can. I think it was a rainy day for him too, only he was smoking something.

@kystars

6 жыл бұрын

Jim Eustice I'm American and I like Aussie's. I'm glad you liked visiting one of our states. I hope you get the chance to return , you are welcome always :)

@umermukhtar4917

5 жыл бұрын

Now European become Australian oh mama where are natives look at this euorpean capitalists wowwo hahahaha

You Tube is so awesome I learn so much information about all kinds of stuff thanks U Tube

I've worked on several different Rail systems in Montana in the '60s & '70s.

Awesome docu. Greeings from New Zealand.

I love trains.

Unfathomable that today's (soft) people are descendants of these tough SOBs, especially including myself. Great documentary!

@SmithsMuseum

4 ай бұрын

I've always figured that we're just soft on the outside. The metal is still there, deep in our bones, we just haven't been through the furnace that turns iron to steel.

@JonathanWinslow

3 ай бұрын

Hope you include your self in that bro!

It's amazing how fast major infrastructure can degrade and be lost except for photos and documentation. Very nice to see some of it preserved, recorded and shared like this.

@paulross9287

Жыл бұрын

I'm afraid it's happening right now as America becomes a third world country.

@Mrbfgray

Жыл бұрын

@@paulross9287 Go woke go broke. "My emotions matter more than your facts."

Vielen Dank allen Mitarbeitern an Kompetenz Arbeitsplätzen Bemühungen gegeben haben

The Klondike Mines railroad had four steam locomotives. Three of them are still in Dawson, inside a shed. The fourth engine is now in Colorado, running (slowly and infrequently) in Como, sheltering in the Como roundhouse.

@Arturobrito0502

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, what company owns the como roundhouse?

My wife and I took the AKRR from Anchorage back home to Squarebanks in 2002, early April. There were no cruise ship cars, just the AKRR cars. Food was good, and seeing the "town" of Sherman and others like it was quite interesting. It's pretty cool that you can stock up on groceries and supplies, and put them in the baggage car, and get them dropped off right by your house in the Bush.

@Harold710

2 жыл бұрын

You mean "Bearflanks" right?

I really enjoyed this.

An AWESOME documentary. Thanks for making this movie, I have really enjoyed watching it.

I spent the summer in Nome in 1974, and brought home a few spikes from an abandoned railroad track outside of town. Thanks for posting. It brought back memories.

@busterbeagle2167

3 жыл бұрын

The summer I was born.

@johnchalleen3278

2 жыл бұрын

thief

@TheChronozoan

Жыл бұрын

​@@johnchalleen3278lol

@thepitpatrol

8 ай бұрын

​@@johnchalleen3278nice...hater

thanks for uploading very informative. wish the Railroads here in ireland had as much doc history saved

What a terrific documentary. Thank you!

Great video!! Extremely informative!! Thank you so much!!

I just love these stories!

My great Uncle was a Capt in US Army and Chief Signal Corps Officer on railroad project to Alaska..he was with Harding on first train ride into Alaska on that rail line...I have his tickets and paperwork from that trip with the President...Harding dies shortly after the trip in San Francisco, CAL..

There is a huge amount of detailed information in this programme, and doubtless I shall need to watch it more than once to absorb it all. I hadn't realised the many threads of history that connect, overlap, come and go during this fascinating era. The presenters are all gifted communicators and the information is presented without lots of hype and hyperbole that many modern programmes seem to deem essential to emphasise the history or the enormity of the subject. It is extremely enjoyable, as well as informative. I acknowledge that I have a reputation for being a stuffy Brit, with a passion for "Good English", and it is with that prejudice that I commend the programme-makers and the erudite contributors for their clear, eloquent descriptions. I'm so impressed that I have subscribed! Well done! And more of the same, please!

@kentrobison588

Жыл бұрын

And you are

Awesome documentary thanks for posting this

Really enjoyed that

Amazing

Excellent video. Thank you

Excellent research, organization and presentation! Very enjoyable. North to Alaska!

Very interesting program. Thanks for the post.

:) Wonderful video, really enjoyed it, thank you for all your efforts. :)

A++ Video !! I learned so much more about Alaska's history and heritage from this presentation. I knew of about 6 or 7 railroads before but never knew there had been 26 !! Some of the old B&W photo's and film footage are just amazing. I am smarter today than i was yesterday after watching this. Liked & Subscribed :)

Thanks for a great doc. Love RR history 🤩

Thank you

Wonderful history lesson! 👍 Thanks for uploading this great piece of documentary film.

What a great documentary!

Great video, thanks for sharing!

Awesome doc! Great stuff!!

Great tour through Alaskan history.

Fantastic. Thank you

We were lucky to acquire Alaska 👍

Great video!

Thanks a whole lot . . for a most thorough and interesting movie. Wish you all a merry new year Torben, Denmark

Rode this from Anchorage to Denali what an amazing beautiful trip!!

I wish I had been born 100 years earlier, when America was truly great. The abilities and determination of people then were staggering.

@robertficker7142

6 жыл бұрын

You would probably have died from typus by now.

@ElementofKindness

6 жыл бұрын

Ha! You are probably right!

@jnels2007

6 жыл бұрын

Typhus, smallpox, and Jim Crow comes to mind...

@brianbelton3605

5 жыл бұрын

Clement of Kindness: The only thing missing from 100 yrs ago, and today, is the initiative of man. 100 yrs from now, no one will want to get out of bed.

@KStewart-th4sk

5 жыл бұрын

There is an element of truth there---now we have the "welfare state" where many are content to sit on their ass and let the working taxpayer support them. What does programs like Section 8 cost the American taxpayer every year? The cost must be staggering while the "do gooders" hand out somebody else's money like it comes from a bottomless pit. North America, Western Europe, it's all the same, taxes keep climbing to support those that don't work and don't want to work.

its not just a video, but a ticket ride to the valley, i felt as if i was in coach of the train,post more videos, excellant sir

Dan Bross THANK You so very much for the History narrative PJEFF LI N.Y.

Well done sir.

Great video! Loved how it went through so much of the history of railroads across Alaska and the Klondike as well as the modern, including ideas for future expansion. I hope they are able to someday extend the lines. It would really open up parts of Alaska to the tourist industry.

@charlenepyt

7 жыл бұрын

J.A. Marlow Excellent out look to understanding travel and building of it Thx Have great day Rft

@jimclark6256

4 жыл бұрын

Alaska does not need to become another Hawaii.

@jasonbrown372

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimclark6256 If the ocean levels rise, it just might

Well done thank you , very cool vintage film also

Railroads to Nowhere! Uncle Ted would be proud!

@scmo7559

3 жыл бұрын

Tyttt

Outstanding video... Particularly for oldsters like me who grew up in the 1930s & 1940s riding in trains pulled by steam locomotives....

Я так долго искал материалы об истории железных дорог в Аляске, и наконец-то нашёл! I looking for material about history railroads in Alaska and finally I found it with help Google recommendatoin! Thanx for subtitles too)

I saw this once and I love it

Those box-cabbed climaxes are amazing. One of those would be a looker on any heritage line today. I wonder if any survive

This is a great documentary, the outro song is so amazing too, I really wish I knew the name but I can't find it despite a lot of searching.

Excellent document !

history of two brother nations connected in so many ways that both would be less with out the other

Videos, documentaries like this fascinate me. Until you actually ride on a steam locomotive train You can't really appreciate the beauty of them. I could only dream of making it to Alaska for a scenic trip on the rails.

@ecosby100

6 жыл бұрын

chris spencer yes its a nice brake from all the porn ive been watching lately

Great video, very interesting.

@davidgreen7248

7 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Ornstein 2o

My dad worked on this railroad laying track in the late 50's.

Cool video I live in Fairbanks been to all the towns they talk about. Awesome place to live 👍🏻

Very interesting ideas

7:24 "Give me enough dynamite and I'll build a road to hell"

That was great keep it up Alaska. There shouldn’t be more railroads in the world with your vision for the future. Well done

For the pocket doors, use 2 drawer slides, one on top and bottom. That will minimize wall width and cost per door

Wow ..so informative

The native Alaskans who inhabit southeast Alaska are the Tlingit (pronounced Klink-it) and Haida (pronounced Hi-duh) tribes....they kinda hate each other due to the Tlingit's enslaving the Haida's many, many years ago, they literally used to own Haida tribesmen and women...you can really see that play out in Hoonah and Juneau, the animosity is thick...

@thepitpatrol

8 ай бұрын

This is false. Only white men had slaves

A great piece of history, and a lesson that the government is also responsible for keeping the roots of their people visible to the current and future generations, instead of incentivating teens to smoke joints and forget where they came from....

@pigeonshouse

5 жыл бұрын

Can you give a credible example of any government 'incentivating' teens to smoke joints and forget where they came from.... 'incentivating'?????? . *What* *a* *twat*. When you make up stereotypes, at least try to get your adjectives right.

Very interesting

I LOVE TRAINS❤️

This is a great video. Thank you so much, especially to the person who put this together. This is a must see for all train enthusiasts. Thank you again.

My twin brother and I used to ride on top of the coal in the tender on the little Baldwin locomotive headed t the Situk(See-tuk) fiver from Yakutat.

@gregorymalchuk272

4 жыл бұрын

What years was this?

You may not know that the Baldwin 4-6-0 No. 152 built in 1919 for the AEC is still operating. It is at Flint, MI since 1976. It is Huckleberry RR No. 2(152). It shares powering the train with D&RGW No. 464 one of two K-27 Mikados still in existence and both are operable.

@davidgreen7248

7 жыл бұрын

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@Haruverse

7 жыл бұрын

Huh. The stuff you learn. I thought all the Mikados were gone!

@charleskuhlman7127

7 жыл бұрын

Johnny C cv

@jcstrong9797

6 жыл бұрын

Roy Reynolds I'm from michigan and have had the opportunity to ride on it, great peice of history

@vincentberkan605

5 жыл бұрын

Actually $152 was built in 1920.

While working on the Alaska Marine Highway . The pursuer & I drove up the old railway & the purser found a news paper with the headlines of Poncho Villa on the front page. This was in 1972 or 1973.

The last comment about connecting Alaska with Russia by train was astounding!

Gold + Gold + Gold

Thank you for the "Klondike" ice cream! I really wish I had one to enjoy while watching this history of the Klondike! What would you do with a klondike bar.. ahh that earworm song television commercial is still in my head..

John Holley is absolutely right in his enthusiasm for this documentary. Outstanding combination of entertainment and education. Marvellous range of old photographs. As a Brit I was a bit lost with some of the location maps. Tasmanian mining railways deserve similar treatment if the same sort of historians and commentators could be found.

The first container from ship to train and from train to train AS i know . Was at Urskog Hølands banen in Norway . Some km north east from Oslo. A line going from Sørumsand to skullerud .. A norrow line. Called tertitten . Now Its a museum line going some few kilometer from Sørumsand .And that container transport started around 1920.

Ah...one of my bucket-list tourism destinations...

@ninefingermining8694

3 жыл бұрын

I live & prospect in AK beautiful state I love it

Sled dogs pulling a train? That is even funnier than Garfield making Odie into a sled dog!!

good videos

@davidgreen7248

7 жыл бұрын

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The Council City & Solomon River (21:15) used second-hand 0-4-4 Forneys bought from the Manhattan elevated railroads. When the els in New York were electrified in 1902-3, hundreds of these sturdy, well-maintained locomotives became available. They were sold to companies all over the world, for use by industry, mining, logging, construction, and short lines. The three rusting hulks shown at the end of this segment had previously spent decades making tens of thousands of trips from South Ferry north along Second, Third, Sixth, and Ninth avenues in Manhattan and into The Bronx, hauling untold millions of New Yorkers to and from work.

A great video.... thanks for sharing

I'm WhiteHorse Born, Northwest Territory Yukon, Born in a Log Cabin, washed and drank in Squanga Lake, The Old Outhouse served it's duty, 80 miles from the nearest Town. Now Live in Los Angeles,Ca.

The White Pass railway is amazing, very fun to ride today ( you can see the old Chilkoot trail from the railway high in the mountain). Could you imagine how hard it was to walk the Chilkoot trail to get to Bennet B.C. before the White Pass Railroad, It must of been hell. From Bennet you could take the Lake by boat into Yukon Territory is my understanding, but still quite a journey to get to Yukon Territory Gold. Their are still operating Gold mines in Yukon Territory today, all in private hands. I Imagine most people didn't make it through the Chilkoot Trail before giving up and turning around.

@jasonwb6884

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like Bennet Lake runs into the Yukon River, the Yukon River then takes you to Dawson City, but like a 500 mile journey on the lake and river.

@craigw1000

4 жыл бұрын

You were seeing the White Pass Trail from the WP&YR train. The Chilkoot Trail started in Dyea.

thank you for the coverage

The guy at 10:00 is an expert in more than one type of snow 😂😂😂😂

in the lower 48, the interstates & airports were subsidied by the government but the passenger service was ended - replaced by Amtrak. If the railroads were also subsidied, we'd have great railroads today.

Don't miss the excellent film Runaway Train. Filmed on the Alaska Railroad.

I love the railroad and as a child I here in Rhode Island was always down on the main line screwing around and exploring the spurs ,buildings ,whatever and you guys and the like of you are people I admire and respect.You are a link that we all have in are blood and also something in are heads that we just cannot figure out why we have this memory we can't explain,but its there and we love it and thank you guys for what you do and have a good life.MAGA MAGA MAGA MAGA

Good show men.

The Alaska Railroad runs rail barges to Bellingham, Washington.

I think there is only one steam engine left, and it's being restored. If you go on White pass, the locomotive will be a Diesel Electric engine designed to run on 3' narrow scale track. It's a pretty smooth ride actually.

Pounding spikes I had my fair share of doing that. day in and day out’ the only difference was is that we had to Drill off a nine round and load & Blast it to buy the end of the day) we’d put in a twenty foot section ever day) five thousand feet underground. And believe me it was hotter the hell down there. and ya got pretty good at driving spikes’ and laying ties you’d Only have enough time for a twenty minute lunch brake. If you took anymore time then that you wouldn’t make your Cycle for the day. If you didn’t make the cycle you were fired no questions asked’ true story my friends. You all have a great job

@marvinburwash1457

4 жыл бұрын

I see I made a couple of Mistakes there and it bugs me 😆 it was supposed to be) we had to drill off a 9 x 9 round and load and blast) jeez 🧐🤓