Hurricane Turn

Hurricane Turn

There is a passenger train in Alaska called the Hurricane Turn. Rather than making scheduled station stops, it operates as flag-stop train meaning passengers in remote areas can simply wave a white cloth anywhere along its route and the train will stop to pick them up. It's one of the last true flag-stop trains in the United States.

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