# List of Idaho railroads

The following railroads operate in Idaho.

## 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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* Amtrak (AMTK)
* Silverwood Theme Park Steam Train

## Private

* Idaho National Laboratory

## Defunct railroads

| Name | Mark | System | 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