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Vacation of the Week: All Aboard Aspen Crossing

Take a train excursion at this old-timey-themed campsite
By Cory Schachtel | August 29, 2023
Aspen excursion train
Aspen Diefenbaker train
Aspen northern Alberta caboose
Aspen union caboose
Aspen old train
Aspen garden
Aspen chicken coop
Aspen goats
Aspen gunslingers
Aspen crossroads

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Welcome to the wild west(ern Canada)
You can shack up in former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s 1887 private campaign car
Or stay with five others in the Northern Alberta Caboose
There's also the adorable Union Pacific Caboose, right next to the camp store
Check out this 106-year-old Iron Horse beauty
You can weed the garden...
...and feed it to the chickens
The goats love taking walks with guests
Just keep an eye out for bandits
Nothing like Alberta's prairie sky

Where it is

1 km west of ​Mossleigh, AB, on Highway #24

What to love

The train whistles

What to consider

Looking both ways for bandits

The stats

Full-power campsites
1 dining car
1 tavern
300+ acres of outdoors

Full-power campsites start at $65. Train excursions, including booking a private train car, are extra and depend on availability.

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Aspen excursion train
Aspen Diefenbaker train
Aspen northern Alberta caboose
Aspen union caboose
Aspen old train
Aspen garden
Aspen chicken coop
Aspen goats
Aspen gunslingers
Aspen crossroads
Welcome to the wild west(ern Canada)
You can shack up in former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s 1887 private campaign car
Or stay with five others in the Northern Alberta Caboose
There's also the adorable Union Pacific Caboose, right next to the camp store
Check out this 106-year-old Iron Horse beauty
You can weed the garden...
...and feed it to the chickens
The goats love taking walks with guests
Just keep an eye out for bandits
Nothing like Alberta's prairie sky
Aspen excursion train
Aspen Diefenbaker train
Aspen northern Alberta caboose
Aspen union caboose
Aspen old train
Aspen garden
Aspen chicken coop
Aspen goats
Aspen gunslingers
Aspen crossroads
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