The approximately 160-acre Adobe Mountain Desert Railroad Park is located south of Pinnacle Peak Road on 43rd Avenue in the City of Glendale, Arizona.

[citation needed] In 1989, the Sahuaro Central Railroad Heritage Preservation Society leased an 80-acre parcel of land from the Maricopa Parks and Recreation Department.

[1][2][3][4] In 1992, the Arizona Model Railroading Society/Arizona Garden Railway Society (AMRS), which were originally established in 1984, had been told to vacate their Scottsdale property.

The AMRS believed that the Adobe Mountain Park seemed like the a good area for them to relocate.

[1][3][2][4] The Maricopa Live Steamers (MLS), had their operations in the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale.

These artifacts include train models of different scales, artifacts related to the early years of railroading in Arizona, such as a conductors cap, railroad spikes and lanterns, the bell and headlight of a Porter 0-4-0 18" gauge locomotive and a gift shop.

Built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1887, this locomotive was operated by the Detroit Copper Company at their Morenci, Arizona mine.

ft.) metal Arizona Model Railroading Society building whose construction was financed by the Sahuaro Central.

MLS also created an old 1890 western themed town with false fronts on their storage units.