The Alaska Railroad's Hurricane Turn flag stop train is the only remaining train in the country where passengers can get on or off wherever they want along the route.
The train allows people to get on or off anywhere along the 56-mile route between Talkeetna and Hurricane Gulch before it turns around and heads back to Talkeetna.
Sprague said many people living off the road system depend on the train as the only way to reach their property.
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