The Phil Beach Collection materials focus primarily on the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and its successor, the Burlington Northern Railroad Company, with addition materials covering the railroad industry as a whole. Documents include annual reports, timetables, accident investigation reports, employee rule books, Official Guides and Railway Operating Equipment guides. Photographs are primarily of Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern subjects. Also included are books on railroad subjects and a variety of railroad and model railroad magazines.
The R. G. Willis Collection is comprised of 2 Great Northern Railway Employee Safety Magazines (1916), 1 envelope-Application for Situation (1916), 1 Engineman's Air Brake Examination, 1 "Questions for Conductors", 1 Railroad Time Book, 1 Safety Rules (1916), 1 Safety Postcard, 1 Uniform Button Cover, 1 "Automatic Block Signals", 7 photos, and 12 postcards.