The train runs daily Thursday through Sunday between the months of May and September and the first Thursday of every month the rest of the year (between Hurricane Gulch and Anchorage).

[1] The Hurricane Turn is one of the last true flag-stop trains in the United States.

[2] By 2009, the Budd Rail Diesel Cars were removed from service on the Hurricane Turn.

This gives a control cab on both ends so the train can be operated safely in both directions and doesn't need to be turned around at Hurricane Gulch.

In 2020, summer services began in July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.