McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park
Aerial view of the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in 2006.
Location	Scottsdale, Arizona
Coordinates	33°32′15″N 111°55′24″W / 33.53750°N 111.92333°W / 33.53750; -111.92333
Area	40-acre (16 ha)
Operated by	City of Scottsdale

McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park is a 40-acre (16 ha) railroad park located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It features a 15 in (381 mm) gauge railroad, a Magma Arizona Railroad locomotive, a railroad museum, three model railroad clubs and a 7 ¹⁄₂ in (190.5 mm) gauge live steam railroad.

In 1967, the Fowler McCormicks donated 100 acres (40 ha) of McCormick Ranch to the City of Scottsdale stipulating that it be used as a park for all people to enjoy. The son of Anne and Fowler McCormick, Guy Stillman, assembled his 15 in (381 mm) gauge narrow gauge railroad replica in the property. He called it the "Paradise & Pacific Railroad" and was offered to the city in 1971. The U.S. Marines and Senator Barry Goldwater contributed in the railroad expansion. With their apportions to the railroad route expansion, the park officially opened the morning of October 4, 1975.

The park's original name was McCormick Railroad Park, but in 1996 the park was renamed McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in recognition of its founder, Guy Stillman. The City of Scottsdale sold 60 acres (24 ha) of the donated land to a developer several years ago.

Scottsdale Live Steamers: The Scottsdale Live Steamers is a 7 ¹⁄₂ in (190.5 mm) gauge miniature railroad which surrounds the Xeriscape Arboretum and was the former home of the Maricopa Live Steamers. The track is 3,000 feet (914 m) long and has a loading platform, a train shed, a transfer table, a tunnel and one trestles. The layout has two main loops: the outer loop passes over the tunnel and the inner through it.

The following three railroad clubs are housed in the McCormick Ranch Bunkhouse: