The University of Nebraska Collection is comprised of Great Northern Railway documents: a booklet "The Scenic Northwest"; a booklet "The Call of the Mountains", Annual Report 1965; Annual Report #71, 1959; Supplement to Annual Report #77, 1965; and a brochure "The Great Northern Today".
The Waldo Thomas Collection includes materials on a wide range of railroad subjects, primarily created between 1950 and 2000, with some items as early as 1902. Documents include posters, post cards, tickets, engineering drawings, and maps. Materials produced by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), Southern Pacific Railroad Company and other railroads are included.
The William Ferryman Collection includes timetables, rule books, calendars, lanterns and issues of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society "Goat" magazine.
The William Kane Collection is comprised of one drawing of the Great Northern New Cascade Tunnel opening, approximately 200 photographs of construction of the tunnel, and miscellaneous other items related to the tunnel.