Incorporated 14th April 1881 as a subsidiary of the Union Pacific. Commenced from the Union Pacific main line in Granger, Wyoming, and reached Montpelier, Idaho, on 5th August 1882, and then to McCammon, Idaho, in the Autumn of 1882. Merged in 1889 with the Utah & Northern Railway and some smaller railroads to become the Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern Railway. Following the bankruptcy of Union Pacific in 1897 it was reorganized as the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
Capital in shares of $100.