I enjoy it for the scenery and the railroad equipment.
The show conveys an important fact of life. We cannot exist as we do without railroads. Most of everything that is needed in Alaska arrives at the port by ocean barge and is distributed to the rest of the state. True, also, in the lower 48.
This is only magnified in Alaska because of the terrain and climate. Difficult to get anywhere, unless you follow a river or valley.
Too bad that it's only the off-gridders making this point. The producers do little to communicate this message. It's why every load is vital when they follow a delivery. Same story here in the lower 48, but we take the railroad infrastructure and it's benefits for granted.
I think we are lucky to get a view of a railroad operation in this age of high security. Same thing goes on every day in the CONUS, but you don't see any shows.
