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Idaho State Map

Class I Railroads

Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Ry

MT/ID State Line to WA/ID State Line
98.10 miles
Built by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry of Idaho ca1906
to Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry of WA 12-26-1908
to Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound Ry 1-2-1909
to Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry 12-24-1912

St Maries ID to Plummer ID

Plummer ID to ID/WA State Line

St Maries ID to Bovill ID
Built by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry 1910

Bovill ID to Elk River ID

Palouse WA to Bovill ID
Built by Washington Idaho & Montana RR
owned by Potlatch Lumber Co
sold to Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific Ry 1961

Coeuer D'Alene ID

Post Falls ID to Dishman WA

Dishman WA to Plummer ID

to Metaline Falls WA

Coleman ID to Clagstone ID

Great Northern

St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry

Pacific Jct MT to Everett WA
818.83 miles
Built by St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry 1893
to Great Northern Ry 11-1-1907

Washington

Spring Valley WA to Moscow WA
Built by Spokane & Inland Empire Ry 1908 (electric interurban)
to Inland Empire RR 1919
to Spokane Coeur d'Alene & Palouse Ry (Great Northern Ry) 1927
to Great Northern Ry 1943
abandoned

Untitled Path

Bonners Ferry ID to Port Hill ID
25.79 miles
Built by Kootenai Valley Ry 1899-1900
to Great Northern Ry 8-8-1913
abandoned

Spokane International RR

WA/ID State Line to Sandpoint ID
Built by Spokane International Ry 1905-06
controlled by Canadian Pacific Ry
to Spokane International RR 10-1-1941
to Union Pacific RR control 10-6-1958
merged into Union Pacific RR 12-31-1987

Sandpoint abandoned
Built by Spokane International Ry 1905-06
controlled by Canadian Pacific Ry
to Spokane International RR 10-1-1941
to Union Pacific RR control 10-6-1958
merged into Union Pacific RR 12-31-1987
abandoned

Sandpoint ID to Eastport ID
Built by Spokane International Ry 1905-06
controlled by Canadian Pacific Ry
to Spokane International RR 10-1-1941
to Union Pacific RR control 10-6-1958
merged into Union Pacific RR 12-31-1987

Coeur d'Alene Jct to Coeur d'Alene ID
Built by Coeur d'Alene & Pend d'Orielle RR 1911
leased to Spokane International Ry

Coeur d'Alene abandoned
Built by Coeur d'Alene & Pend d'Orielle RR 1911
leased to Spokane International Ry

Corbin Jct to Bayview ID
Built by Coeur d'Alene & Pend d'Orielle RR 1911
leased to Spokane International Ry

Northern Pacific

ID

Genesee ID to WA/ID State Line
Built by Spokane & Palouse Ry 1887-88
to Northern Pacific Ry 2-21-1899

Algoma ID to Ritzville WA
Built by Northern Pacific RR 1880-81
to Northern Pacific Ry 8-18-1896
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 9-22-1995

Algoma ID to ID/MT State Line
Built by Northern Pacific RR 1881-82
to Northern Pacific Ry 8-18-1896
to Burlington Northern RR 3-2-1970
to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry 9-22-1995

WA/ID State Line to Moscow ID
Built by Spokane & Palouse Ry 1890-91

Moscow ID to Juliaette ID
Built by Spokane & Palouse Ry 1890-91

Juliaetta ID to Arrow ID
Built by Northern Pacific Ry 1898

Arrow to Lewiston ID
Built by Northern Pacific Ry 1898

Arrow ID to Stites ID
Built by Clearwater Short Line Ry 1898-1900

Stites ID abandoned
Built by Clearwater Short Line Ry 1898-1900

Joseph ID to Culdesac ID
Built by Clearwater Short Line Ry 1898-1899

Culdesac ID to Craigmont ID

Craigmont ID to Grangeville ID

Wallace ID to Sunset ID
Built by Northern Pacific Ry 1898-99

Sunset spur
shown on 1949 topo map

Wallace ID to Burke ID
Construction started by Canyon Creek RR
to Coeur d'Alene Ry & Navigation Co 8-29-1888
completed 1888 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1890

Wallace ID to Mullan ID
Built Coeur d'Alene Ry & Navigation Co 1888-90 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge 1890

Mullan ID to ID/MT State Line
Built Coeur d'Alene Ry & Navigation Co 1891

Hauser Jct to Post Falls ID
Built by Spokane Falls & Idaho RR 1886

Post Falls ID to Coeur D'Alene City, ID
Built by Spokane Falls & Idaho RR 1886

Athol ID old route

Union Pacific

Oregon-Washington RR & Navigation Co

Oregon RR & Navigation Co

WA/ID State Line to Moscow ID
Built by Columbia & Palouse RR 1885
to Oregon RR & Navigation Co 9-6-1910
controlled by Union Pacific RR
to Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co 12-23-1910
leased to Union Pacific RR 1-1-1936

WA/ID State Line to Mullan ID
Built by Washington & Idaho RR 1889
to Oregon RR & Navigation Co 8-17-1896
controlled by Union Pacific RR
to Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co 12-23-1910
leased to Union Pacific RR 1-1-1936
route uncertain east of Wallace

Wallace ID to Burke ID
Built by Washington & Idaho RR ca1889
to Oregon RR & Navigation Co 8-17-1896
controlled by Union Pacific RR
to Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co 12-23-1910
leased to Union Pacific RR 1-1-1936

Spur
Built by Idaho Northern RR 1906-09
controlled by Oregon RR & Navigation Co
abandoned East of Prichard 12-1917
exact route unknown

Inaville ID to Paragon ID
Built by Idaho Northern RR 1906-09
controlled by Oregon RR & Navigation Co
abandoned East of Prichard 12-1917
remainder abandoned 1935
exact route east of Prichard unknown
see http://utahrails.net/up/owrrn-inrr.php

Beaver Branch
Built by Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co 1917
abandoned 1932
See http://utahrails.net/up/owrrn-inrr.php

WA/ID State Line to Amwaco ID
Built by Lake Creek & Coeur D'Alene RR 1906-1910
controlled by Oregon RR & Navigation Co
abandoned 1932

Oregon Short Line RR

UT/ID State Line to Malad City ID
Built by Malad Valley RR 1903-05
to Oregon Short Line RR 10-31-1910
mapped by Doug Spurling

St Anthony ID to Ashton ID
Built by Yellowstone Park Ry 1906
to Oregon Short Line RR 10-31-1910
Mapped by Doug Spurling

Ashton ID to W Yellowstone MT
Built by Yellowstone Park Ry 1906
to Oregon Short Line RR 10-31-1910
mapped by Doug Spurling

Idaho Falls ID to St Anthony ID
Built by St. Anthony RR 1899

Ashton ID to Victor ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR 1912-14

UT/ID State Line to Oxford ID
Built by Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Ry 1890
mapped by Doug Spurling
see http://utahrails.net/up/oslun-1889-1897.php

WY/ID State Line to McCammon ID
Built by Oregon Short Line Ry 1881-82
to Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Ry 8-1-1889

Pocatello ID to Wapi ID
Built by Oregon Short Line Ry 1882 as 36" gauge
converted to standard gauge by 1883
to Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Ry 8-1-1889

Oxford ID to ID/MT State Line
Built by Utah & Northern Ry 1878-81 as 36" gauge
to Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern Ry 8-1-1889
converted to standard gauge 1890
see

10 miles N of Franklin ID to Oxford ID
Built by Utah & Northern Ry 1878-81 as 36" gauge
abandoned 1890
see

Preston ID to Pt 10 miles N of Franklin
—constr 1877—OSL 14—Utah Northern RR Co (1871-1878)
—contracted personally by Jay Gould and constr by OSL 14 before that corporation was superseded through foreclosure by OSL 13—Utah & Northern Ry Co (1878-1889). [Ferrell Chappell Hauck 1981 U&N 31 quote Gould as directing that "10 or 20 miles" be contracted; Don Strack relates under the heading "November 20, 1877" in http://utahrails.net/utahrails/un-rr-1871-1878.php that 10 mi were reported completed with track laid on that date, which was presumably very close to the end of the construction season and possibly represents the entirety of work done that year.]
to Utah & Northern Ry 5-3-1878
see

Franklin ID to Preston ID
—constr 1877 by Utah Northern RR Co
—contracted personally by Jay Gould and constr by OSL before that corporation was superseded through foreclosure by OSL —Utah & Northern Ry Co (1878-1889). [Ferrell Chappell Hauck 1981 U&N 31 quote Gould as directing that "10 or 20 miles" be contracted; Don Strack relates under the heading "November 20, 1877" in http://utahrails.net/utahrails/un-rr-1871-1878.php that 10 mi were reported completed with track laid on that date, which was presumably very close to the end of the construction season and possibly represents the entirety of work done that year.]
to Utah & Northern Ry 5-3-1878
replaced by standard gauge line 1890

UT/ID State Line to Franklin ID
Built by Utah Northern RR 1872-74 as 36" gauge
to Utah & Northern Ry 5-3-1878
replaced by standard gauge line 1890

McCammon wye

McCammon ID to Inkom ID
Built by Oregon Short Line Ry 1881

Virginia ID to McCammon ID
Built by Utah & Northern Ry 1872 as 36" gauge

Wapi ID to ID/OR State Line
Built by Oregon Short Line Ry 1882-84

Payette ID to ID/OR State Line
Built by Oregon Short Line Ry 1883-84

Weiser ID to New Meadows ID
Built by Pacific & Idaho Northern Ry 1899-1911
see http://utahrails.net/up/osl-pin.php

Homedale ID to Marsing ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR 1922
Mapped by Doug Spurling

Emmett ID to Smiths Ferry ID
Built by Idaho Northern Ry 1911-12
Mapped by Doug Spurling

Nampa ID to Emmett ID
Built by Idaho Northern Ry 1900-02

Smith Ferry ID to Cascade ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR 1914

Cascade ID to McCall ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR 1914

Nampa ID to Murphy ID
Built by Boise Nampa & Owyhee Ry 1897
to Idaho Northern Ry 1-21-1897

OSL 1—Oregon Short Line RR Co (1897-1987)
—OSL relocation area Lake Cascade ID
—constr date unknown—constr entity unknown

Nampa
Built by Idaho Central Ry 1886-87

Nampa Boise abandoned
Built by Idaho Central Ry 1886-87

Nampa Boise new route
Built by Union Pacific RR 1924

Nampa ID to Boise ID
Built by Idaho Central Ry 1886-87

Perkins ID existing
Built by Boise City Ry & Terminal Co 1893

Perkins ID to Boise to Vernon ID
Built by Boise City Ry & Terminal Co 1893

OSL 1—Oregon Short Line RR Co (1897-1987)—PLACEHOLDER
Built by Boise City Ry & Terminal Co 1904

Orchard ID to Boise ID
"Boise Cut-Off"
Built by Oregon Short Line RR 1923-24

New Plymouth ID to Emmett ID
Built by Payette Valley Extension RR 1910

Payette ID to New Plymouth ID
Built by Payette Valley RR 1906

Caldwell ID to Wilder ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR ca 1912-13
leased to Idaho Northern & Pacific RR 3-1999
lease transferred to Boise Valley RR 11-2009

Bliss ID existing
Built by Oregon Short Line RR ca1912

Wendell ID to Bliss ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR ca1912

Rupert ID to Wendell ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR ca1912

Minidoka ID to Buhl ID
Built by Minidoka & Southwestern RR 1904-05

Twin Falls ID to Rogerson ID
Built by Minidoka & Southwestern RR 1909-10

Twin Falls existing
Built by Minidoka & Southwestern RR 1909-10

Rogerson ID to ID/NV State Line
Built by Oregon Short Line RR 1924-26

Burley ID to Oakley ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR ca 1912

Burley ID to Oakley existing

Burley ID to Declo ID
Built by Salt Lake & Idaho RR 1910-12
—details: "Fall 1910" entry in http://utahrails.net/up/osl-1897-1936.php

Declo ID to Strevell ID
Built by Salt Lake & Idaho RR 1910-12
—details: "Fall 1910" entry in http://utahrails.net/up/osl-1897-1936.php

Shoshone existing

Shoshone ID to Ketchum ID

Richfield ID to Hill City ID

Blackfoot ID to near Arco
Built by Salmon River RR 1901

near Arco to Mackay ID
Built by Salmon River RR 1901

Moreland ID to Aberdeen ID
Built by Salmon River RR ca1910

Collins ID to Gardner ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR ? by 1930

Moreland ID to Thomas ID
Built by Oregon Short Line RR? by 1930

Fort Hall ID to Simplot Mine ID
Built by Union Pacific RR? after 1950

Firth ID to Ammon ID

Ammon ID to Lincoln ID

Idaho Falls Cut-off
—cutoff around downtown Idaho Falls ID
—constr date unknown—constr entity unknown

Orvin ID to Newdale ID
Built by St. Anthony RR 1889-1899

Newdale ID to St. Anthony ID
Built by St. Anthony RR 1889-1899

Ucon ID to Menan ID
Built by St. Anthony RR

Menan ID to Egin ID
Built by St. Anthony RR

St. Anthony to Egin ID
Built by St. Anthony RR

Menan ID to Annis ID

Talbot Jct to Talbot ID
abandonment approved 11-29-1933
see https://casetext.com/case/state-of-idaho-v-united-states

Alexander ID to Grace ID

Phosphoria Gulch mine spur

Montpelier ID to Paris ID

Weiser Existing
Built by Pacific & Idaho Northern Ry 1899-1911
see http://utahrails.net/up/osl-pin.php

OR

Nyssi OR to Ontario OR

Blakes Jct to Homestead OR
Built by Northwestern RR 1906-10
to Oregon-Washington RR & Navigation Co 12-23-1910
leased to Oregon Short Line RR

ID/OR State Line to Huntington OR

Nyssa OR to Homedale ID

Nyssa existing

Idaho Shortlines

Camas Prairie RR

Lewiston ID
Built by Camas Prairie RR
jointly owned by Union Pacific RR and Northern Pacific RR

Orofino ID to Revling ID
Built by Camas Prairie RR 1925-28
jointly owned by Northern Pacific RR and Union Pacific RR

Revling ID to Headquarters ID
Built by Camas Prairie RR 1925-28
jointly owned by Northern Pacific RR and Union Pacific RR

Headquarters

Craig Mountain Lumber Co

Craig Jct to Winchester
Built by Craig Mountain Lumber Co 1911

Craig Mountain Lbr Co

Gilmore & Pittsburgh RR

Leadore to Gilmore ID
Built by Gilmore & Pittsburgh RR 1909-10
controlled by Northern Pacific RR

Armstead MT to Salmon ID
Built by Gilmore & Pittsburgh RR 1909-10
controlled by Northern Pacific RR

Idaho Southern

Gooding ID to Jerome ID
Built by Idaho Southern RR 1907-09

Intermountain Ry

Barber ID to Centerville ID
Built by Intermountain Ry 1907-16
controlled by Barber Lumber Co 1907-1914
controlled by Boise-Payette Lumber Co 1914-
abandoned north of Stierman 1930
remainder abandoned by 1934
route approximate

Lewiston Nezperce & Eastern RR

Lewiston ID to Tammany ID
Built by Lewiston Nezperce & Eastern RR ca1908
abandoned 1924?
route very approximate

Milner & North Side RR

Oakley ID to Milner ID
Built by Milner & North Side RR 1907

Nez Perce & Idaho RR

Craigmont ID to Nezperce ID
Built by Nez Perce & Idaho RR 1910
to Lewiston Nez Perce & Eastern RR 6-30-1915
to Nez Perce & Idaho RR 6-28-1917
to Nezperce RR