Canadian Grain Elevator Discovery Centre

Nanton, AB

Located about half way between Calgary and Lethbridge.

Independent Grain Co. Ltd. first built an elevator here in 1929 and
expanded it over the years. In 1954 Pioneer Grain Co. Ltd. acquired
all 22 IGC elevators in numberous towns.

Once served by CPR their MacLeod Subdivision was abandoned in 2001.

Local people saw the value of preserving their three closed elevators
and set about doing just that restoring them over a period of a few years
including relaying track!

Former Alberta Wheat Pool elevator 5 (twinned) with stock car on relaid track.
CP 278504 acq. 2008 (CC&F 3/1958)

Elevator 4 with Tours sign. CP 278504.

Big Sky Garden Railway
Ultimate Trains (Hobby Shop)

Nanton, AB

Big Sky Garden Railway an enormous outdoors model train layout! Rea Sauter May 10, 2015

Miniature train big enough to ride on!