| Railroad Name: | Wallowa Union Railroad Authority |
| Marks: | WURR |
| Locale: | Oregon |
| Start Year: | 2003 |
| Length: | 62.58miles |
The Wallowa Union Railroad Authority is a short-line railroad owned by Wallowa County and Union County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It operates freight and tourist trains over a 62.58miles ex-Union Pacific Railroad line from the end of an Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad branch at Elgin to Joseph, generally paralleling Oregon Route 82.
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, a predecessor of the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), completed a branch from the main line at La Grande through Elgin to Joseph in late 1908.[1] The Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad (INPR) leased (from La Grande to Elgin) and bought (from Elgin to Joseph) the line, among others, from the UP in November 1993.[2] The Surface Transportation Board authorized abandonment beyond Elgin in 1997,[3] but this was not consummated, and in 2002 Wallowa County purchased the line, still operated by the INPR.[4] The new Wallowa Union Railroad Authority took over ownership from Wallowa County and operations from the INPR in 2003.[5] [6]
Since 2003, the Eagle Cap Excursion Train has operated on the line.[7]