Fort Hall Spur
ID · Fort Hall Bottoms → Pocatello
A quiet spur on the plains outside a great railroad town.
Heads up: Much of this is on the Fort Hall Reservation — you need permission from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Union Pacific's main lines nearby are ACTIVE.
Pocatello was born as a railroad junction. The Utah & Northern built north through the area in the late 1870s, and the Oregon Short Line crossed it in the early 1880s, making Pocatello one of the Union Pacific's key western hubs.
Spurs spread out from the main lines to serve farms, industry and the surrounding plains. This one runs across the Snake River bottoms west of Pocatello, much of it on the Fort Hall Reservation, and has been out of use for years.
⚠️ Before you go: every railroad on this map is private property. A line that looks abandoned may still be owned by a railroad, used to store rail cars, or put back into service at any time — sometimes with no warning. Before going near any track, make sure it's truly abandoned (no recent use, rails not polished, no signals or cars stored on it) and that you're allowed to be there. Never assume a track is dead.
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