Iron Horse Park

2019 Schedule.

Annual operating season from Victoria Day weekend to October Thanksgiving day weekend.

The Sunday of the "May Long" weekend marks the annual opening to the public of the next running season. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Come and experience an interpretive journey on the 1.6 km of track which is currently operational. Another 0.5 km of track was also completed in 2016 and will occasionally be available on public run days. This depends mostly on the availability of crews and volunteers.

We are open to the public every Sunday between 11:00AM and 4:00PM (LAST TRAIN LEAVES AT 3:45), weather permitting, until the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in October. We are, 100%, a volunteer organization and as such, the park is, unfortunately, NOT open to the public on Saturdays or weekdays except for special events as detailed below or as announced on our main page.

Admission to the park is free. The cost of journeys is $3.00 each. Ticket Bundles of 8 for $20.00 and 25 for $50.00 are also available. We accept Visa, MasterCard and Debit cards at the register! Cash is still accepted as well. :-) Children 2 years of age and under ride for free but must be accompanied by an adult.

Also note that private events can be booked on Sundays. See the "Birthday/Events" tab above for details.

In addition to being open "every Sunday", we are also open on the following "special" days.

Date Event Hours of operations
Monday, February 18, 2019,
weather permitting
Annual Frostbite Run, Family Day
CANCELLED because of extreme cold,
...which we realize is rather ironic. :(
11:00AM to 4:00PM
Weather Permitting.
Saturday & Sunday 21
to April 13 & 14, 2019
We are NOT at the park but
Come see us at Supertrain at the Genesis Center
9:00AM to 5:00PM
Every Sunday from May 19
to October 13, 2019
Public Open days 11:00AM to 4:00PM
Monday, July 1, 2019 Canada Day. We are open on this Holiday Monday11:00AM to 4:00PM
Sunday, July 14, 2019
POSTPONED
Steam Day.
Because of logistics issues this event needs to be rescheduled.
11:00AM to 4:00PM
Sunday, August 25, 2019
G-Scale Day Members from other clubs will be
encouraged to bring &run their trains for public viewing.
11:00AM to 4:00PM
Sunday, October 27, 2019
TO BE CONFIRMED Fall 2019
Halloween Fund Raiser for the Airdrie Food Bank
and likely one additional charity TBD.
11:00AM to 4:00PM
Weather Permitting.
Additional events may be posted as they are scheduled over the season.
Check here and on our main page.

Our first Halloween Run / Airdrie FoodBank Fundraiser was held in 2016. We were graced with exceptionally good weather (almost 17°C). We collected some 200 grocery bag equivalents, including $200 in donations.

In 2017, despite cold temperatures and very high winds, the event was even more successful.That day we hosted the second largest ridership attendance of the season. Attendees contributed 1,050 lbs of food (about 190 grocery bag equivalents valued at $2,700) PLUS $266 in donations.

In 2018, the weather cooperated and the event was the most succesful yet. That day we hosted the largest ever 1-day ridership. We collected 1,348 lbs of food valued at $3,505). We also donated our ticket sales (rounded up to an even $1,000) to the Lioness Club Christmas Hamper program.

We are extremely grateful to all who participated.

All events were lots of fun and saw some pretty amazing costumes. It was wonderful to see those happy smiling faces coming out for our last run of the year. We hope to continue this tradition in 2019 where will be free journeys for people in costume or those bringing food bank donation.