The Dan Perkins Collection integrates some 15,000 photographic slides taken by Daniel Perkins between 1966 and 1973 of Pacific Northwest railroad subjects, chiefly equipment. Railroads covered include the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Spokane, Portland and Seattle, Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific, and Pacific Coast.
Perkins, Daniel R.The Daniel Gabbert Collection is comprised of railroad equipment operating manuals and government and railroad company regulations for the operation and maintenance of railroad equipment.
Gabbert, DanielThe Dave Ropchan Collection includes two photographs of a mining crane in Montana.
Ropchan, DavidThe David Cantlin Collection consists of documents and photographs assembled to write his book "Tacoma Rail".
Cantlin, David J.The David Eggleston Collection is comprised of railroad books on various subjects
Eggleston, DavidThe David Letcher Collection consists of a photograph labeled "In the Heart of the Cascades" of the Northern Pacific right of way circa 1915, and compact discs entitled "Stack Muzik" of moving pictures of railroad equipment in the Bend, Oregon area in 1977 and 1978 principally of the Burlington Northern but including some other railroads.
Letcher, W. DavidThe David Mason Collection includes the railroad comic books "Ride the High Iron" and "Rails Across America"; Canadian Pacific Railroad's "Westward Across Canada", Union Pacific Railroad's "Western Wonderlands"; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's "The Railroad with Young Ideas"; American Association of Railroad's "Quiz Jr." and "Railroads at Work".
Mason, DavidThe Donovan Hofsommer Collection includes various railroad items.
Hofsommer, DonovanThe Doug Coster Collection holds color photographs taken by James Koretsky of North American railroad subjects, principally rolling stock, circa 2001. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe is heavily represented along with other railroads. Locations and dates are not provided.
Coster, DougThe Drew Miller Collection amalgamates books on various railroad topics and photographs of the last Northern Pacific Railroad Company train to Gray's Harbor (Wash.) on February 18, 1956.
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