Eastern Idaho Railroad

The Eastern Idaho Railroad commenced on November 21, 1993, as a collection of two disconnected clusters of former Union Pacific 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. The annual income is reported as being under 25 million dollars. Potatoes are a major commodity carried, using a unique loading technology to minimize damage during transit.

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The Southern segment

The Southern lines consist of:

UP's former Twin Falls Branch
UP's former North Side Branch
the Raft River Industrial Lead
the Oakley Industrial Lead.

All lines connect for a total of. Operations are based out of the ex-UP depots at Twin Falls and Rupert. The southern segment interchanges with UP at Minidoka, Idaho.

The Northern Segment

The Northern lines consist of:

Union Pacific's former main line in Idaho Falls
the Yellowstone Branch
the St Anthony Industrial Lead
the Goshen Industrial Lead
the East Belt Branch,
the West Belt Industrial Lead.

All lines connect for a total of, served by four locomotives, with operations based out of an office trailer on the north end of the Idaho Falls yard, the point at which EIRR interchanges with UP's Montana sub.