Attraction

May 2025

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

May 17 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

This trip includes round-trip train journey, full course buffet style Alberta roast of beef and gravy meal at the hall in Big Valley, live entertainment in the coaches, time to visit Granny’s Fudge Factory and All That Buzz and explore a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, the blue church on the hill – St. Edmund’s, McAlister’s Garage Museum, Big Valley Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum, Big Valley Rail Car Museum, and the roundhouse and elevator interpretive centres. High likelihood of attack by mounted train robbers. For more details, please visit Alberta Prairie Railway.

May 24 2025

BBQ STEAK DINNER AT BIG VALLEY (Diesel)

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May 25 2025

ALL YOU CAN EAT SPECIAL TO COUNTRY HIDEAWAY (Diesel)

This trip lasts five (5) and one-half hours, and travels to the Village of Big Valley which once served as a railway divisional point for the Canadian Northern Railway — Canada’s other national railway. This Alberta Prairie Railway trip is developed for school classes as an attractive year-end educational outing.

May 28 2025

SCHOOL SPECIAL TO BIG VALLEY (Diesel)

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

May 31 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

This trip includes round-trip train journey, full course buffet style Alberta roast of beef and gravy meal at the hall in Big Valley, live entertainment in the coaches, time to visit Granny’s Fudge Factory and All That Buzz and explore a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, the blue church on the hill – St. Edmund’s, McAlister’s Garage Museum, Big Valley Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum, Big Valley Rail Car Museum, and the roundhouse and elevator interpretive centres. High likelihood of attack by mounted train robbers. For more details, please visit Alberta Prairie Railway.

May 31 2025

BBQ STEAK DINNER AT BIG VALLEY (Diesel)

June 2025

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

Jun 07 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

This trip includes round-trip train journey, full course buffet style Alberta roast of beef and gravy meal at the hall in Big Valley, live entertainment in the coaches, time to visit Granny’s Fudge Factory and All That Buzz and explore a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, the blue church on the hill – St. Edmund’s, McAlister’s Garage Museum, Big Valley Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum, Big Valley Rail Car Museum, and the roundhouse and elevator interpretive centres. High likelihood of attack by mounted train robbers. For more details, please visit Alberta Prairie Railway.

Jun 07 2025

BBQ STEAK DINNER AT BIG VALLEY (Diesel)

Trip includes round-trip train journey, full course buffet style Alberta roast of beef and gravy meal at the hall in Big Valley, live entertainment in the coaches, time to visit and explore a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, the blue church on the hill – St. Edmund’s, McAlister’s Garage Museum, Big Valley Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum, Big Valley Rail Car Museum, and the roundhouse and elevator interpretive centres. High likelihood of an attack by mounted train robbers.

Jun 08 2025

ROAST BEEF DINNER AT BIG VALLEY (Steam)

Every Saturday starting May 17 | 10 AM – 1 PM (Excluding Saturday, May 24) Wednesdays in July & August | 3 PM – 7 PM Find fresh produce, handmade goods, live entertainment, and more at the lively Ol’ Mac Market! With tons of vendors and a fun, festival-like atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to shop unique vendors and soak up the festival vibe!

Jun 14 2025

Ol’ Mac Market

Ol' MacDonalds Resort

Dine on barbecued side ribs, chuckwagon beans, baked potatoes, and Caesar salad. Live entertainment on the train, plus time to do some exploring in the village including a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, the cars and household artifacts at McAlister’s Garage Museum, and the world-class Big Valley Hand-tool and Collectibles Museum. Train robbery by the Reynolds Raiders horse-mounted outlaw gang likely.

Jun 14 2025

BARBECUED RIBS SPECIAL TO BIG VALLEY (Steam)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

Treat Dad to a day out on the train to the Village of Big Valley and return. Includes chance for some lucky dad travelling with family to win a $500 gift certificate, a full course buffet style barbecued steak meal at Big Valley’s community hall, complementary wine or beer with the meal, live entertainment on the train, time to visit a fully restored 1912 Canadian Northern railway station, rail car museum, and roundhouse and elevator interpretive centres, and the cars and household artifacts at McAlister’s Garage Museum.

Jun 15 2025

FATHER’S DAY SPECIAL TO BIG VALLEY (Steam)

Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions

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