Talkeetna and the Hurricane area. This area has no roads, and the railroad provides the lifeline for residents who depend on the service to obtain food and supplies. One of the last flag-stop railway routes in the United States, passengers can board the Hurricane Turn anywhere along the route by waving a large white flag or cloth. A spur providing service to the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is used during the summer season for cruise ship service only. It was activated temporarily during the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) 2006 convention to provide airport-to-hotel mass transit for delegates. Rolling stock By 1936, the company had rostered 27 steam locomotives, 16 railcars, 40 passenger cars and 858 freight cars. Active , Alaska Railroad rosters a total of 51 locomotives, two control cab units, and one DMU (self-propelled railcar): 28 EMD SD70MAC locomotives (12 equipped with head-end power for passenger service) 15 EMD GP40-2 locomotives 8 EMD GP38-2 locomotives 2 EMD F40PH control cab units 1 Colorado Railcar DMU Retired Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC) (Retired 2009; sold to TriMet, in Oregon, as spare equipment for its WES Commuter Rail service) EMD MP15AC (Retired 2009) EMD F7 EMD FP7 (Two units, 1510 and 1512 sold to Verde Canyon Railroad in Arizona for excursions) Other In 2011 the Alaska Railroad reacquired ARR 557, the last steam locomotive bought new by the railroad and the last steam locomotive used by the railroad, with the intent to refurbish and operate it in special excursions between Anchorage and Portage. A USATC S160 "2-8-0 Consolidation" engine built in 1944 by Baldwin Locomotive Works, 557 was originally coal-fired, but was converted to oil in 1955. It operated until 1964, when it was deemed surplus and sold as scrap. It was purchased by Monte Holm of Moses Lake, Washington and displayed in his House of Poverty Museum. After Holm's death in 2006, Jim and Vic Jansen bought 557 from the museum and returned it to the Alaska Railroad on the condition that it be restored to operation and put into service. The locomotive was sold to the non-profit Engine 557 Restoration Company for "One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable considerations" and they have invested () 77 months and over 75,000 hours of volunteer time in the restoration and overhaul. In popular culture The Alaska Railroad was prominently featured in the movie Runaway Train. The Simpson family