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From 1998 until January 2016, the INPR operated the Thunder Mountain Line, a tourist railroad between Horseshoe Bend and Cascade. [9] The Thunder Mountain Line offered scenic tours, dinner trains and "river and rail" trips along the Payette River that allowed people to ride a train north and return southward by river raft on the Payette.
Washington and Idaho Railway In 2009, BGCM's owner attempted to purchase a portion of the Arizona and California Railroad , running 49.4 miles (79.5 km) between Rice, California and Ripley, California through Blythe, California from RailAmerica then-recently granted for abandonment, but failed to succeed an offer of financial assistance process.
The Nezperce & Idaho Railroad (reporting mark NP&I) was an independently owned short line railroad that connected the community of Nezperce to the Camas Prairie Railroad. Primarily used to ship agricultural products it operated from 1910 until 1975, [13] [14] it was then used for boxcar storage until the 1980s. [13]
Idaho’s elected officials have renewed their efforts to bring passenger trains back to the Mountain West, after Congress passed the federal infrastructure bill last year with bipartisan support ...
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
In the 2004 Guinness World Records, Train Mountain is recognized as the “Longest Miniature Hobby Railroad”. [4] At the time Train Mountain was recognized by Guinness, it was reported to have 69,900 feet (13.24 mi; 21.3 km) of 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (190.5 mm) gauge mainline track and 133,250 feet (25.237 mi; 40.61 km) of total track including yards, sidings, spurs, and connector tracks.
The Eastern Idaho Railroad (reporting mark EIRR) 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 Union Pacific, with interchanges at Idaho Falls on the Northern Segment, and Minidoka on the Southern segment.
Watco purchased the line from Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad. Watco took over operations and leased the line to Union Pacific. Operations for both branches are based at Nampa Yard in Nampa where cars are interchanged to the Union Pacific. As of August 2015, the railroad served around 60 clients and operated once a day on each weekday. [2]