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List of Idaho railroads
Last updated
March 05, 2025
The following
railroads
operate in
Idaho
.
Contents
Common freight carriers
Passenger carriers
Private
Defunct railroads
Notes
References
Common freight carriers
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway
(CPKC)
City of Boise Railroad
(COB)
BG&CM Railroad
(BGCM)
BNSF Railway
(BNSF)
Boise Valley Railroad
(BVRR) (WATX)
Eastern Idaho Railroad
(EIRR) (WATX)
Frontier Rail
(FTRX)
Great Northwest Railroad
(GRNW) (WATX)
Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company
(ISR)
Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad
(INPR)
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad
(POVA)
St. Maries River Railroad
(STMA)
Union Pacific Railroad
(UP)
Washington, Idaho & Montana Railway LLC (WI&M)
Passenger carriers
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Private
Idaho National Laboratory
Defunct railroads
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(
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Name
Mark
System
[
nb 1
]
From
To
Successor
Notes
Alder Creek Railway
1912
1918
N/A
Boise City Railway and Terminal Company
UP
1893
1910
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Boise, Nampa and Owyhee Railway
UP
1896
1907
Idaho Northern Railway
Burlington Northern Inc.
BN
1970
1981
Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad
BN
1981
1996
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Camas Prairie RailNet
CSP
1998
2004
Great Northwest Railroad
Camas Prairie Railroad
CSP
NP
/
UP
1909
1998
Camas Prairie RailNet
Canyon Creek Railroad
NP
1887
1888
Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company
Central Idaho Railroad
UP
1910
1914
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
MILW
1909
1912
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
MILW
1912
1928
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Idaho
MILW
1906
1908
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway of Washington
MILW
1908
1909
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
MILW
MILW
1928
1980
St. Maries River Railroad
,
Union Pacific Railroad
Clearwater Short Line Railway
NP
1898
1914
Northern Pacific Railway
Clearwater Valley Railroad
UP
1898
1916
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Coeur d'Alene Railway and Navigation Company
NP
1886
1897
Northern Pacific Railway
Coeur d'Alene and Pend d'Oreille Railway
UP
1910
1941
Spokane International Railroad
Columbia and Palouse Railroad
UP
1882
1910
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Craig Mountain Railway
1921
1965
N/A
Craig Mountain Lumber Company's Railway
1909
1921
Craig Mountain Railway
Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad
NP
1907
1939
N/A
Great Northern Railway
GN
GN
1890
1970
Burlington Northern Inc.
Idaho Central Railway
UP
1886
1889
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Idaho Northern Railroad
UP
1906
1910
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Idaho Northern Railway
UP
1897
1912
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Idaho Southern Railroad
1908
1916
N/A
Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad
MILW
1907
1916
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Idaho and Western Railway
MILW
1909
1912
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway
Intermountain Railway
1907
1935
N/A
Kootenai Valley Railway
GN
1898
1913
Great Northern Railway
Lake Creek and Coeur d'Alene Railroad
UP
1906
1910
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Lewiston, Nezperce and Eastern Railroad
1915
1924
N/A
Malad Valley Railroad
UP
1902
1910
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Milner and North Side Railroad
1907
1915
N/A
Minidoka and Southwestern Railroad
UP
1904
1910
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Nezperce Railroad
NEZP
1945
1983
N/A
Nez Perce and Idaho Railroad
1917
1946
Nezperce Railroad
Nez Perce and Idaho Railroad
1908
1915
Lewiston, Nezperce and Eastern Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad
NP
1864
1896
Northern Pacific Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
NP
NP
1896
1970
Burlington Northern Inc.
Ohio Match Company Railway
SI
1903
1944
Converted into roads.
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
UP
1896
1910
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
UP
1884
1896
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad
UP
1897
1987
Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon Short Line Railway
UP
1882
1889
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
UP
1889
1897
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
UP
1910
1987
Union Pacific Railroad
Oregon, Washington and Idaho Railroad
UP
1903
1910
Oregon–Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Pacific and Idaho Northern Railway
P&IN
UP
1899
1936
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Palouse River and Coulee City Railroad
PCC
1996
2006
Washington and Idaho Railway
Payette Valley Railroad
UP
1906
1914
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Payette Valley Extension Railroad
UP
1910
1914
Oregon Short Line Railroad
St. Anthony Railroad
UP
1899
1910
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Salmon River Railroad
UP
1901
1910
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Salt Lake and Idaho Railroad
UP
1909
1914
Oregon Short Line Railroad
San Francisco, Idaho and Montana Railway
UP
1905
1909
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
GN
1926
1943
Great Northern Railway
Electric until 1941
Spokane Falls and Idaho Railroad
NP
1886
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Spokane International Railroad
SI
UP
1941
1987
Union Pacific Railroad
Spokane International Railway
UP
1905
1941
Spokane International Railroad
Spokane and Palouse Railway
NP
1886
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Utah Northern Railroad
UP
1872
1878
Utah and Northern Railway
Utah and Northern Railway
UP
1878
1889
Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway
Wallace and Sunset Railroad
NP
1890
1898
Northern Pacific Railway
Washington and Idaho Railroad
UP
1886
1896
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway
WIM
MILW
1905
1980
Burlington Northern Inc.
Weiser, Idaho and Spokane Railway
UP
1899
Pacific and Idaho Northern Railway
Yellowstone Park Railroad
UP
1905
1910
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Electric
Inland Empire Railroad
Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway
Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company
Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad
Notes
↑
This is one or more of the
Class I railroads
that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
Association of American Railroads (2003),
"Railroad Service in Idaho"
(PDF)
.
. Retrieved May 9, 2005.
Hilton, George W. (1990).
American Narrow Gauge Railroads
. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
ISBN
0-8047-2369-9
.
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