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Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...

Common freight carriers

* Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) * City of Boise Railroad (COB) *

BG&CM Railroad The BG&CM Railroad or Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad located in North Central Idaho. Summary The BG&CM operated a line between Spalding and Cottonwood, along the former Second Subdivision of the ...

(BGCM) * BNSF Railway (BNSF) * Boise Valley Railroad (BVRR) *

Eastern Idaho Railroad The Eastern Idaho Railroad commenced on November 21, 1993, as a collection of two disconnected clusters of former Union Pacific (UP) branches. A subsidiary of Watco, EIRR operates two segments that move more than 35,000 carloads per year to the Un ...

(EIRR) *

Frontier Rail A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts o ...

(FTRX) * Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW) *

Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

(ISR) * Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR) * Montana Rail Link (MRL) *

Pend Oreille Valley Railroad The Pend Oreille Valley Railroad is a shortline railroad located in Usk, in northeast Washington. Route The POVA serves the communities of Usk, Dalkena, Newport, Oldtown, Priest River, Laclede and has trackage rights from Dover- Sandpoint ...

(POVA) * St. Maries River Railroad (STMA) *

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

(UP) *

Washington and Idaho Railway The Washington and Idaho Railway was a shortline railroad that operated in the area south of Spokane, Washington, connecting the BNSF Railway at Marshall to Palouse, Washington, Harvard, Idaho, and Moscow, Idaho. It began operations in 2006 on ...

(WIR)

Passenger carriers

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(AMTK) *

Silverwood Theme Park Steam Train Silverwood Theme Park is an amusement park located in the city of Athol in northern Idaho, United States, near the town of Coeur d'Alene, approximately from Spokane, Washington on US 95. Owner Gary Norton opened the park on June 20, 19 ...

* Thunder Mountain Line

Private

* Idaho National Laboratory

Defunct railroads

;Electric * Inland Empire Railroad * Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and Palouse Railway * Spokane and Eastern Railway and Power Company *

Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad The Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad Company (S.&I.E.R.R.Co.) was an electrified interurban railway operating in Spokane, Washington and vicinity, extending into northern and central Idaho. The system originated in several predecessor roads be ...

Notes

References

*Association of American Railroads (2003), . Retrieved May 9, 2005. * {{Idaho

Idaho railroads The following railroads operate in Idaho. Common freight carriers * Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) * City of Boise Railroad (COB) * BG&CM Railroad (BGCM) * BNSF Railway (BNSF) * Boise Valley Railroad (BVRR) *Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) * Fronti ...

Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...