Iron Horse Park Airdrie
Iron Horse Park is a miniature ridable railway running multiple large scales operated by The Alberta Model Engineering Society. Iron horse park is one of the largest 7 1⁄2 in (190.5 mm) gauge railway in Canada. The park is run by volunteers. The Alberta Model Engineering Society promotes education in Alberta about most things engineering around railways. The "journeys" are used to educate both kids and adults on both modern and old steam engines.
The park is located in Airdrie, Alberta, and is on leased land from the city to be used as an educational park. The history goes back to 1971 and has moved around Southern Alberta. Previously the raised track was located at Camp Gardner, Alberta.
The journey is a simulated trip from Airdrie to Vancouver which goes through Tunnel Mountain on its way through the Rocky Mountains. The club tries to keep everything realistic. The engines that run on this trip are 1/8 scale of the full size.
The park is open yearly on Sundays from May long weekend to Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, with occasional other special event days.
Scales include:
- Large (over 1.6 km) 7.5 in ground mounted track with switches
- Smaller (900ft) of 1-1/4 in, 2-1/2 in, 3-1/2 in, 4-3/4 in, 5 in, and 7-1/4 in elevated track gauges