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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.  
The railroad interchanges with Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad in Elgin, Oregon.
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====Interchanges====
 
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*Interchanges with Union Pacific in La Grande.
==Wallowa Union Railroad Locomotives==
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*Interchanges with the [[Wallowa Union Railroad]] in Elgin.
 
{| class="toc" summary="Contents"
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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! Number
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! Customer
! Model
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! Location
! Built
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! Company Description
! History
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! Type of Railcar
 
! Notes
 
! Notes
 
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|-
|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4378831 WURR 2083]
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|Woodgrain Millwork
|GP7u
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|La Grande
|1953
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|Lumber Mill
|Ex-CKRY 2083/ATSF 2883.
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|Centerbeam Flatcars
|Main locomotive.
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|
 
|-
 
|-
|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4378832 WURR 2085]
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|Ed Staub & Sons
|GP7u
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|La Grande
|1952
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|Propane Terminal
|Ex-CKRY 2085/ATSF 2836.
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|Tank Cars
|Main locomotive.
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|-
 
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4378835 WURR 2087]
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|Hexion
|GP7u
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|Island City
|1952
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|Chemical Company
|Ex-CKRY 2087/ATSF 2839.
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|Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
|Parts source.
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|
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|-
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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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|
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|-
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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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|
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|-
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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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|
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|-
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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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|
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
 
|}
 
|}
  
==Wallowa Union Railroad Rolling Stock==
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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
! Type of Railcar
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! Location
! Built
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! Company Description
! History
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! Type of Railcar
 
! Notes
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|-
|[http://mccloudriverrailroad.com/Equipment/MR025_2019_2.jpg WURR 001]
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|Ed Staub & Sons
|Caboose
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|Emmett
|1907
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|Propane Terminal
|Ex-YW 001/MCR 025/GN X378.
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|Tank Cars
 
|
 
|
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1957311 WURR 1120]
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|Covia
|Passenger Car
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|Emmett
|1947
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|Silica Sand Processing
|Ex-INPR/NJT 5309/CNJ 122/GN 1120.
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|Covered Hoppers
 
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|-
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1957312 WURR 2636]     
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|Helena Chemical
|Passenger Car
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|New Plymouth
|1947
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|Fertilizer Supplier
|Ex-INPR/IC 2636.
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|Covered Hoppers
 
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|-
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1720946 WURR 3241] 
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|ADM Seedwest
|Passenger Car
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|New Plymouth
|1938
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|Edible Bean Specialists
|Ex-INPR/NJT 2408/PC/ATSF 2957/ATSF 3241.
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|Boxcars
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4228359 WURR 6741]
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|Performix Nutrition Resources
|Baggage Car
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|Fruitland
|1962
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|Fertilizer Supplier
|Ex-INPR 6741/SP 6741.
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|Covered Hoppers
 
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|-  
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4378837 WURR 25674]
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|Woodgrain
|Caboose
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|Fruitland
|1967
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|Lumber Mill
|Ex-UP 25674.
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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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==Former Wallowa Union Railroad Locomotives==
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives==
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* [[Former Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Locomotives]]
 
{| class="toc" summary="Contents"
 
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! Notes
 
! Notes
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4221186 WURR 10]
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|Idaho Division Locomotives
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|-
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4854747 INPR 4600]
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|GP9R
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|1956
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|Ex-NCRC 4600/GTW 4600/GTW 4443/GTW 1769.
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|Main locomotive.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4282164 INPR 4603]
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|GP9R
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|1954
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|Ex-NCRC 4603/GTW 4603/GTW 4431/GTW 1755.
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|Main locomotive.
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|Oregon Division Locomotives
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|-
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5348101 INPR 1707]
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|GP16
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|1950
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|Ex-MNNR 1707/CSX 1707/SBD 4607/CRR 4607/SCL 887/SAL 1707.
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|Secondary  locomotive.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5450343 INPR 4606]
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|GP9R
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|1957
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|Ex-NCRC 4606/GTW 4606/GTW 4914.
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|Main locomotive.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5380660 INPR 4608]
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|GP9R
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|1957
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|Ex-NCRC 4608/GTW 4608/GTW 4556/CV 4556.
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|Main locomotive.
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|Stored/Out of Service Locomotives
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4221210 INPR 10]
 
|RDC1
 
|RDC1
 
|1956
 
|1956
|Ex-ORRX 10/BCOL 10/PGE BC-10.
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|Ex-WURR 10/ORRX 10/BCOL 10/PGE BC-10.
|Sold to INPR in 2013.  
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|Stored in Emmett, ID.  
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4221203 WURR 11]
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4221203 INPR 11]
 
|RDC1
 
|RDC1
 
|1956
 
|1956
|Ex-ORRX 11/BCOL 11/PGE BC-11.
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|Ex-WURR 11/ORRX 11/BCOL 11/PGE BC-11.
|Sold to INPR in 2013.  
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|Stored in Emmett, ID.  
 
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|[http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5087438 WURR 31]
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5087438 INPR 31]
 
|RDC3
 
|RDC3
 
|1956
 
|1956
|Ex-ORRX 31/BCOL 31/BCOL BC-31/GN 2350.
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|Ex-WURR 31/ORRX 31/BCOL 31/BCOL BC-31/GN 2350.
|Sold to INPR in 2013.  
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|Stored in Emmett, ID. Parts source.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5087475 INPR 1106]
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|FP10
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|1946
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|Ex-MBTA 1106/GMO 803A.
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|Stored in Emmett, ID.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4285072 INPR 1112]
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|FP10
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|1947
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|Ex-MBTA 1112/GMO 808B.
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|Stored in Emmett, ID.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1286090 NCRC 1150]
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|FP10
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|1947
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|Ex-MBTA 1150/ICG 1620/GMO 885A.
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|Stored in Emmett, ID.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4854745 WTJR 2058]
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|GP7u
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|1952
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|Ex-NCRC 2058/ATSF 2058/ATSF 2813.
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|Stored in Emmett, ID.
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4282175 WTJR 2086]
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|GP7u
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|1952
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|Ex-NCRC 2086/ATSF 2086/ATSF 2727.
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|Parts source in Emmett, ID.
 
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==Wallowa Union Railroad Customers==
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==Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad Rolling Stock==
 
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! Built
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! History
 
! Notes
 
! Notes
 
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|None
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333301 INPR 9]
|Last customer was Wallowa Forest Products which closed in 2008.  
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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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|-
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2333305 INPR 46]
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|Caboose
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|1979
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|Ex-UP 25845.
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|In active service.
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|-
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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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|-
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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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|-
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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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|-
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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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|-
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=4858156 INPR 2013]
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|Passenger Car
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|1955
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|Ex-LIRR 2013/LIRR 2667.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Emmett."
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|-
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1225677 INPR 2014]
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|Passenger Car
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|1955
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|Ex-LIRR 2014/LIRR 2613.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Banks."
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=388709 INPR 2931]
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|Passenger Car
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|1956
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|Ex-LIRR 2931.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Gardena."
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=388706 INPR 2969]
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|Passenger Car
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|1956
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|Ex-LIRR 2969.
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|Stored in Emmett. Named "Horseshoe Bend."
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|[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1225672 INPR 54662]
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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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|-
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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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|-
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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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Latest revision as of 20:30, 25 May 2023

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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

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

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
Idaho Division Locomotives
INPR 4600 GP9R 1956 Ex-NCRC 4600/GTW 4600/GTW 4443/GTW 1769. Main locomotive.
INPR 4603 GP9R 1954 Ex-NCRC 4603/GTW 4603/GTW 4431/GTW 1755. Main locomotive.
Oregon Division Locomotives
INPR 1707 GP16 1950 Ex-MNNR 1707/CSX 1707/SBD 4607/CRR 4607/SCL 887/SAL 1707. Secondary locomotive.
INPR 4606 GP9R 1957 Ex-NCRC 4606/GTW 4606/GTW 4914. Main locomotive.
INPR 4608 GP9R 1957 Ex-NCRC 4608/GTW 4608/GTW 4556/CV 4556. Main locomotive.
Stored/Out of Service Locomotives
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.
WTJR 2058 GP7u 1952 Ex-NCRC 2058/ATSF 2058/ATSF 2813. Stored in Emmett, ID.
WTJR 2086 GP7u 1952 Ex-NCRC 2086/ATSF 2086/ATSF 2727. Parts source in Emmett, ID.

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.


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