Blackfoot, ID: Idaho Potato Museum/UP Depot

(Satellite)

Street View, Jul 2025

RRAdventures posted two photos with the comment: This is the Union Pacific Railroad Depot on Main Street— at Idaho Potato Museum."

RRAdventures also posted

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RRAdventures posted
Union Pacific Railroad Caboose #25457 that has been fix in concrete next to the Passenger Depot on Main Street.

Dan AndJenni Dawson: Location?

Dennis DeBruler: Dan AndJenni Dawson Blackfoot, ID: https://maps.app.goo.gl/kyzcvY9GcXx9tK7u5.

UP had a lot of branches in this area.

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UP still owns some of those branches.

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Victor Eggleston, May 2022

Too bad it is not readable.

Irsan Sutanto, Aug 2019

Nampa, ID: 1903,1976 Museum/UP Depot, Railyards, Yard Tower & Office and Roundhouse

Depot: (Satellite)

Yard Tower & Office: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Street View, Aug 2015

Street View, Oct 2012

As expected, the roundhouse has been replaced by a building designed to service diesel locomotives, but the turntable has survived along with some remnants of the roundhouse foundation.

Satellite

Both railyards have retained most of their tracks. This map also made it easy to find the depot.

1958/60 Nampa Quad @ 24,000

James Cook, Feb 2024

The museum includes a static display of a caboose, steam crane and semaphore signal.

Street View, Aug 2015

Joe, Aug 2024

Timothy Bird, Jul 2025

Timothy Bird, Jul 2025

The museum contains a lot of railroad stuff, but it also has other stuff.

Tammy Espino, Feb 2018

Janice Tsai, Jul 2019

Montpelier, ID: UP Office/Depot, Railyard & Roundhouse and Lincoln (US-30) Highway

Depot: (Satellite)

Roundhouse: (Satellite)

Lincoln (US-30) Highway Overview

UP still uses this depot. I'm surprised their microwave tower is still standing. Fiber optic cables made them obsolete in most places.

Street View, Aug 2025

RRadventures posted two photos with the comment: "Union Pacific Railroad— in Montpelier, ID."

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Note the remnants of a roundhouse foundation in the lower-left corner. 

Satellite

Most of the tracks in the railyard still exist. But they are very full. Are they being used for storage? 

1967/68 Montpelier Quad @ 24,000

Big Boy 2024

Jonathan Fischer, Aug 2024

Jonathan Fischer, Aug 2024

Rupert, ID: Moved/UP Depot, Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR) and Wood Grain Elevator

Original: (Satellite, based on the topo map below.)

Current: (Satellite)

Wood Seed Elevator: (Satellite, it probably got torn down in 2024.)

The depot is in the background along with a caboose. 

Street View, Sep 2022

RRAdventures posted, cropped
Union Pacific Railroad Rupet, ID Depot.— at Minidoka County Historical Society Museum.

Fortunately, this map labels the station's original location.

1964/84 Rupert Quad @ 24,000

The UP route is now owned by Eastern Idaho (EIRR).

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Jonathan Fischer, Apr 2019

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EIRR began operations in 1993, and the primary products that it hauls is grain and potatoes.

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Digitally zoomed

While checking out the EIRR railyard, I spotted a wood grain elevator.

South side:

Street View, Oct 2024

North side:

Street View, Apr 2024

Here is the building that has been torn down in the above view.

Street View, Sep 2022

The above view explains these grain bin foundations. And the wood elevator is gone.

Satellite

It looks like the grain up here is edible beans instead of row crops. This facility is Kelly Bean. See Bridger, MT, for more information about Kelly Bean.

Street View, Aug 2024

Street View, Apr 2024

Commerce (Los Angeles), CA: UP East Los Angeles (UPLA) and BNSF/Santa Fe Hobart Railyards

UP Yard: (Satellite)

UP Roundhouse: (Satellite, long gone.)

UP Backshops: (Satellite, long gone.)

BNSF Yard: (Satellite)

Today, both yards are intermodal yards. Although the UP yard does have an engine servicing facility about where the backshops used to be.

Railroad Repair Shops and Roundhouses 1850-1950 posted
Layout of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake subsidiary of the Union Pacific at Los Angeles as they looked in 1927. (Railway Mechanical Engineer)

1926/1939 Alhambra Quad @ 24,000

An addition was added to the erecting shop building.

1966/68 Los Angeles @ 24,000

Jul 30, 1952 @ 23,600; AR1VP0000180011

Digitally Zoomed
Dennis DeBruler commented on the post
Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/5jDMthm7Vgr1zuX97.
Research: https://towns-and-nature.blogspot.com/2026/06/commerce-los-angeles-ca-up-east-los.html

"East Los Angeles Yard (UPLA): Situated in the City of Commerce along East Washington Blvd, this massive off-dock yard handles the bulk of domestic and international containerized cargo coming from the ports." [Google AI results]

The AI did a good job of combining information from PortsOfLosAngeles and wheree. UP's webpage is also of interest.

LaGrange, WY: Wood Grain Elevator

Wood Elevator: (Satellite)

Main Elevator: (Satellite)

The main elevator is in the right background of this view.

Street View, Aug 2007

Jerry got a trackside view of the elevator.

Jerry Krug posted
We are out touring this weekend.  Drove through tiny LaGrange, WY this morning and found this alongside a UP line. With Patti Orzel.

The wood elevator is in the left background of this view.

Street View, Aug 2007

Just south of the main elevator is the chemical sales facility.

Street View, Aug 2007

I wonder why this town had a wye on the southeast side to turn locomotives.

1960/62 La Grange Quad @ 24,000