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==Wallowa Union Railroad Overview==
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Overview==
The Joseph Branch is a 63-mile long railroad that links the communities of Elgin, Wallowa, Enterprise and Joseph in Northeast Oregon with the Union Pacific railroad in La Grande. In 1993, Union Pacific sold the Joseph Branch to Idaho Northern & Pacific as part of a package of rail lines in the area. Passenger service was prevented because the UP maintained the ownership of the right-of-way between La Grande and Elgin. By 1996, freight service to Joseph stopped. Abandonment of the line above Elgin was approved by the Surface Transportaiton Board in April, 1997.  
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The Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company, is a 120-mile property composed of two former Union Pacific Railroad branch lines operating in southwestern Idaho and northeastern Oregon. The INPR serves and switches customers in Southwestern Idaho. Shipments are predominately forest products, agricultural products and chemicals. Rio Grande Pacific Corporation maintains a 100% equity interest in this property.
  
After several years of debate on how and whether to rescue the line before it was to be dismantled, an intergovernmental partnership between Union and Wallowa Counties was formed and the Oregon Legislature contributed $2 million for to purchase the line and limited rolling stock, to start its rehabilitation. The two counties secured a loan from the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department for the balance of the purchase price. On March 31, 2002, the purchase of the line between Elgin and Joseph was achieved. The Wallowa Union Railroad Authority was formed to operate the line and their crews started doing the work in December 2003. Freight service and an excursion train shared the track and crew in the first few years. From 2009 to 2011, a portion of the line not in use by the excursion train was leased to Union Pacific Railroad for the storage of excess lumber cars during the recession. This produced enough revenue for the WURA to retire their loan.
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As of 2019, the INPR operated two separate sections of track, one running from La Grande to Elgin, Oregon, connecting at Elgin with another former UP rail line now owned by Wallowa County – which continues to Joseph, Oregon – and the other running from Payette through Emmett and then into the canyon of the North Fork of the Payette River northward to Cascade.  
  
The scenic train business was established as the Eagle Cap Excursion Train. The first full season of operation for the excursion train was 2004. The excursion train continues to provide scenic train rides on Mother’s Day and selected Saturdays, from late June through October on the roadless section of track between Elgin and Minam. The train operates from the Elgin Depot in Elgin, Oregon.
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From 1998 until 2015, the INPR operated the Thunder Mountain Line, a tourist railroad between Horseshoe Bend and Cascade. 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.
  
Any return of freight business appears dubious at best at the moment and would likely require a substantial increase is raw log supplies for any sawmills to reopen or development of new industry. The Wallowa Union Railroad continues providing one of the more scenic railroad operations in Oregon along the Grande Ronde and Wallowa rivers.
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Oregon Division Customers==
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*Runs from La Grande to Elgin.  
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====Interchanges====
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*Interchanges with Union Pacific in La Grande.
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*Interchanges with the Wallowa Union Railroad in Elgin.
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! Customer
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! Location
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! Company Description
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! Type of Railcar
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! Notes
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|Woodgrain Millwork
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|La Grande
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|Lumber Mill
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|Centerbeam Flatcars
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|Ed Staub & Sons
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|La Grande
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|Propane Terminal
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|Tank Cars
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|Hexion
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|Island City
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|Chemical Company
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|Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
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|Woodgrain Millwork
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|Island City
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|Particle Board Plant
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|Boxcars
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|Pendleton Grain Growers
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|Alicel
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|Grain Elevator
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|Covered Hoppers
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|Oregon Trail Seeds
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|Imbler
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|Seed Plant
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|Boxcars
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|Boise Cascade
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|Elgin
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|Plywood & Lumber Mill
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|Boxcars
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|Shuttered in 2018.
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The railroad interchanges with Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad in Elgin, Oregon.
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Idaho Division Customers==
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*Runs from Payette to Cascade.
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====Interchanges====
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Interchanges with Union Pacific in Payette.
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! Customer
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! Location
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! Company Description
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! Type of Railcar
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! Notes
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|Ed Staub & Sons
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|Emmett
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|Propane Terminal
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|Tank Cars
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|Covia
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|Emmett
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|Silica Sand Processing
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|Covered Hoppers
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|Helena Chemical
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|New Plymouth
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|Fertilizer Supplier
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|Covered Hoppers
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|ADM Seedwest
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|New Plymouth
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|Edible Bean Specialists
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|Boxcars
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|Performix Nutrition Resources
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|Fruitland
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|Fertilizer Supplier
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|Covered Hoppers
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|Woodgrain
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|Fruitland
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|Lumber Mill
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|Boxcars
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|Active shipper?
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|TVM Recycling
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|Payette
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|Scrapyard
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|Gondolas
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives==
 
==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives==
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==Wallowa Union Railroad Rolling Stock==
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Rolling Stock==
 
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! Notes
 
! Notes
 
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|[http://mccloudriverrailroad.com/Equipment/MR025_2019_2.jpg WURR 001]
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333301 INPR 9]
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|Tank Car
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|19??
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|Ex-UP.
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333305 INPR 46]
 
|Caboose
 
|Caboose
|1907
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|1979
|Ex-YW 001/MCR 025/GN X378.
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|Ex-UP 25845.
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|In active service.
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1957311 WURR 1120]
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333308 INPR 47]     
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|Caboose
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|1979
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|Ex-UP 25839.
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1084218 INPR 48]     
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|Caboose
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|1979
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|Ex-UP 25856.
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4854761 INPR 49] 
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|Caboose
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|1967
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|Ex-UP 25604.
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4282173 INPR 77]
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|Jorden Spreader
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|19??
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|Ex-??
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4858156 INPR 2013]
 
|Passenger Car
 
|Passenger Car
|1947
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|1955
|Ex-INPR/NJT 5309/CNJ 122/GN 1120.
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|Ex-LIRR 2013/LIRR 2667.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Emmett."
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1957312 WURR 2636]      
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1225677 INPR 2014]
 
|Passenger Car
 
|Passenger Car
|1947
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|1955
|Ex-INPR/IC 2636.
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|Ex-LIRR 2014/LIRR 2613.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Banks."
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1720946 WURR 3241]  
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=388709 INPR 2931]
 
|Passenger Car
 
|Passenger Car
|1938
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|1956
|Ex-INPR/NJT 2408/PC/ATSF 2957/ATSF 3241.
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|Ex-LIRR 2931.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Gardena."
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4228359 WURR 6741]
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=388706 INPR 2969]
|Baggage Car
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|Passenger Car
|1962
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|1956
|Ex-INPR 6741/SP 6741.
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|Ex-LIRR 2969.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Horseshoe Bend."
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4378837 WURR 25674]
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1225672 INPR 54662]
|Caboose
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|Open Air Car
|1967
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|19??
|Ex-UP 25674.
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|Ex-??
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4221198 INPR 58390]
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|Open Air Car
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|19??
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|Ex-??
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1225675 INPR 58390]
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|Generator Car/Flatcar
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|19??
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|Ex-??
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2921988 INPR 58934]
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|Open Air Car
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|19??
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|Ex-??
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3663750 INPR 800346]
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|Business Car
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|1955
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|Ex-NP "Clark Fork River."
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|In active service. Named "Texan."
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4282145 INPR 900005]
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|Snow Plow
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|1949
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|Ex-UP 900005.
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|Stored in Emmett.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4282175 UP 903015]
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|Caboose
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|1964
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|Ex-UP 903015.
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|Stored in Emmett.
 
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==Former Wallowa Union Railroad Locomotives==
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==Former Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives==
 
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|1946
 
|1946
 
|Ex-NOGC 1105/MBTA 1105/GMO 801B.
 
|Ex-NOGC 1105/MBTA 1105/GMO 801B.
|Scrapped.  
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|Scrapped 2010.  
 
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=389945 INPR 1108]
 
|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=389945 INPR 1108]
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|1946
 
|1946
 
|Ex-MBTA 1108/GMO 806B.
 
|Ex-MBTA 1108/GMO 806B.
|Scrapped in 2010.  
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|Scrapped 2010.  
 
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2923684 INPR 4500]
 
|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2923684 INPR 4500]
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Oregon Division Customers==
 
*Runs for 5.5 miles from Portland to Milwaukie.
 
====Interchanges====
 
*Interchanges with Union Pacific in Portland.
 
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! Customer
 
! Location
 
! Company Description
 
! Type of Railcar
 
! Notes
 
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|Ross Island Sand & Gravel
 
|Portland
 
|Aggregate Supplier
 
|Hoppers
 
|Infrequent shipper.
 
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|Unity Foods
 
|Milwaukie
 
|Food Distributor
 
|Refrigerator Cars
 
|Active shipper?
 
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|AmeriCold Logistics
 
|Milwaukie
 
|Food Distributor
 
|Refrigerator Cars
 
|Main customer.
 
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Idaho Division Customers==
 
*Runs for 7.5 miles from Canby to Liberal (Molalla).
 
====Interchanges====
 
Interchanges with Union Pacific in Canby.
 
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! Customer
 
! Location
 
! Company Description
 
! Type of Railcar
 
! Notes
 
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|American Steel
 
|Canby
 
|Steel Manufacturer
 
|Steel Coil Cars
 
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|RSG Forest Products
 
|Liberal
 
|Lumber Mill
 
|Centerbeam Flatcars
 
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|Satrun-Dybvad Milling
 
|Liberal
 
|Animal Feed Mill
 
|Covered Hoppers
 
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Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Overview

The Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company, is a 120-mile property composed of two former Union Pacific Railroad branch lines operating in southwestern Idaho and northeastern Oregon. The INPR serves and switches customers in Southwestern Idaho. Shipments are predominately forest products, agricultural products and chemicals. Rio Grande Pacific Corporation maintains a 100% equity interest in this property.

As of 2019, the INPR operated two separate sections of track, one running from La Grande to Elgin, Oregon, connecting at Elgin with another former UP rail line now owned by Wallowa County – which continues to Joseph, Oregon – and the other running from Payette through Emmett and then into the canyon of the North Fork of the Payette River northward to Cascade.

From 1998 until 2015, the INPR operated the Thunder Mountain Line, a tourist railroad between Horseshoe Bend and Cascade. 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.

Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Oregon Division Customers

  • Runs from La Grande to Elgin.

Interchanges

  • Interchanges with Union Pacific in La Grande.
  • Interchanges with the Wallowa Union Railroad in Elgin.
Customer Location Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Woodgrain Millwork La Grande Lumber Mill Centerbeam Flatcars
Ed Staub & Sons La Grande Propane Terminal Tank Cars
Hexion Island City Chemical Company Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
Woodgrain Millwork Island City Particle Board Plant Boxcars
Pendleton Grain Growers Alicel Grain Elevator Covered Hoppers
Oregon Trail Seeds Imbler Seed Plant Boxcars
Boise Cascade Elgin Plywood & Lumber Mill Boxcars Shuttered in 2018.

Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Idaho Division Customers

  • Runs from Payette to Cascade.

Interchanges

Interchanges with Union Pacific in Payette.

Customer Location Company Description Type of Railcar Notes
Ed Staub & Sons Emmett Propane Terminal Tank Cars
Covia Emmett Silica Sand Processing Covered Hoppers
Helena Chemical New Plymouth Fertilizer Supplier Covered Hoppers
ADM Seedwest New Plymouth Edible Bean Specialists Boxcars
Performix Nutrition Resources Fruitland Fertilizer Supplier Covered Hoppers
Woodgrain Fruitland Lumber Mill Boxcars Active shipper?
TVM Recycling Payette Scrapyard Gondolas

Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives

Number Model Built History Notes
INPR 10 RDC1 1956 Ex-WURR 10/ORRX 10/BCOL 10/PGE BC-10. Stored in Emmett, ID.
INPR 11 RDC1 1956 Ex-WURR 11/ORRX 11/BCOL 11/PGE BC-11. Stored in Emmett, ID.
INPR 31 RDC3 1956 Ex-WURR 31/ORRX 31/BCOL 31/BCOL BC-31/GN 2350. Stored in Emmett, ID. Parts source.
INPR 1106 FP10 1946 Ex-MBTA 1106/GMO 803A. Stored in Emmett, ID.
INPR 1112 FP10 1947 Ex-MBTA 1112/GMO 808B. Stored in Emmett, ID.
NCRC 1150 FP10 1947 Ex-MBTA 1150/ICG 1620/GMO 885A. Stored in Emmett, ID.
INPR 1707 GP16 1950 Ex-MNNR 1707/CSX 1707/SBD 4607/CRR 4607/SCL 887/SAL 1707. Assigned to the Oregon Division.
WTJR 2058 GP7u 1952 Ex-NCRC 2058/ATSF 2058/ATSF 2813. Assigned to the Idaho Division. Stored?
INPR 2074 GP7u 1953 Ex-ATSF 2074/ATSF 2876. Assigned to the Oregon Division.
WTJR 2086 GP7u 1952 Ex-NCRC 2086/ATSF 2086/ATSF 2727. Assigned to the Idaho Division. Stored?
INPR 2094 GP7u 1952 Ex-ATSF 2094/ATSF 2773. Assigned to the Oregon Division.
INPR 4600 GP9R 1956 Ex-NCRC 4600/GTW 4600/GTW 4443/GTW 1769. Assigned to the Idaho Division.
INPR 4603 GP9R 1954 Ex-NCRC 4603/GTW 4603/GTW 4431/GTW 1755. Assigned to the Idaho Division.
INPR 4606 GP9R 1957 Ex-NCRC 4606/GTW 4606/GTW 4914. Assigned to the Oregon Division.
INPR 4608 GP9R 1957 Ex-NCRC 4608/GTW 4608/GTW 4556/CV 4556. Assigned to the Oregon Division.

Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Rolling Stock

Number Type of Railcar Built History Notes
INPR 9 Tank Car 19?? Ex-UP. Stored in Emmett.
INPR 46 Caboose 1979 Ex-UP 25845. In active service.
INPR 47 Caboose 1979 Ex-UP 25839. Stored in Emmett.
INPR 48 Caboose 1979 Ex-UP 25856. Stored in Emmett.
INPR 49 Caboose 1967 Ex-UP 25604. Stored in Emmett.
INPR 77 Jorden Spreader 19?? Ex-?? Stored in Emmett.
INPR 2013 Passenger Car 1955 Ex-LIRR 2013/LIRR 2667. Stored in Emmett. Named "Emmett."
INPR 2014 Passenger Car 1955 Ex-LIRR 2014/LIRR 2613. Stored in Emmett. Named "Banks."
INPR 2931 Passenger Car 1956 Ex-LIRR 2931. Stored in Emmett. Named "Gardena."
INPR 2969 Passenger Car 1956 Ex-LIRR 2969. Stored in Emmett. Named "Horseshoe Bend."
INPR 54662 Open Air Car 19?? Ex-?? Stored in Emmett.
INPR 58390 Open Air Car 19?? Ex-?? Stored in Emmett.
INPR 58390 Generator Car/Flatcar 19?? Ex-?? Stored in Emmett.
INPR 58934 Open Air Car 19?? Ex-?? Stored in Emmett.
INPR 800346 Business Car 1955 Ex-NP "Clark Fork River." In active service. Named "Texan."
INPR 900005 Snow Plow 1949 Ex-UP 900005. Stored in Emmett.
UP 903015 Caboose 1964 Ex-UP 903015. Stored in Emmett.

Former Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives

Number Model Built History Notes
NOGC 1105 FP10 1946 Ex-NOGC 1105/MBTA 1105/GMO 801B. Scrapped 2010.
INPR 1108 FP10 1946 Ex-MBTA 1108/GMO 806B. Scrapped 2010.
INPR 4500 GP40 1966 Ex-CSX 6663/SBD 6663/SBD 1506/SCL 1506/ACL 921. Now STBX 4500. Stored in Coyote Wells, CA.
INPR 4501 GP40 1966 Ex-CSX 6668/SBD 6668/SBD 1511/SCL 1511/ACL 926. Now STBX 4501. Stored in Coyote Wells, CA.
INPR 4502 GP40 1967 Ex-CSX 6700/SBD 6700/SBD 1545/SCL 1545/SAL 630. Now ATL 4502.
INPR 4503 GP40 1969 Ex-CSX 6727/SBD 6727/SBD 1572/SCL 1572. Disposition unknown.
INPR 4504 GP40 1969 Ex-CSX 6735/SBD 6735/SBD 1580/SCL 1580. Now STBX 4504. Stored in Coyote Wells, CA.
INPR 4505 GP40 1970 Ex-CSX 6767/SBD 6767/SBD 1613/SCL 1613. Now WAMX 3532.
INPR 4506 GP40 1967 Ex-CSX 6808/SBD 6808/LN 3012. Now CBRY 302.
INPR 4507 GP35 1965 Ex-NS 2656/SOU 2656. Now WRIX 2500.
INPR 4508 GP35 1965 Ex-WE 2657/NS 2657/SOU 2657. Now CBRL 2020.
INPR 4509 GP35 1965 Ex-NS 2672/SOU 2672. Used for parts. Scrapped.
INPR 4510 GP35 1965 Ex-WE 2675/NS 2675/SOU 2675. Now AOK 4510.





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