The Cordell Newby Collection consists of 1902 color photographs of Great Northern Railway Company subjects, principally equipment and locations, taken by Mr. Newby in multiple locations between Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington between 1971 and 1988. Other Identifiers: Jackson Street Roundhouse Accession Number 327, Jackson Street Roundhouse Collection Number.Accrual Number 298.1.
The Dan Bolyard Collection unites photographs of the Milwaukee Road and Great Northern, Milwaukee road post cards, 7 issues of the "MilWest Dispatch" and a book titled "New Cascade Tunnel".
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.
The David Abbott Collection holds Great Northern Railway Historical Society Collection 369.1 with documents relating to the avalanche at Wellington, Washington on March 1, 1910 on the Great Northern, documents on the Great Northern Railway's right-of-way through Anacortes, Washington and a track profile of the Great Northern between Lewiston, Idaho and Kingston, Montana. It also includes 27 copies of the Great Northern Railway employee newsletter "Talking It Over", 26 copies of the Burlington Nothern employee newsletter "BN News" and 72 copies of the Great Nothern Railway Historical Society magazine "Goat".
The David Emerson Collection encompasses materials primarily related to the Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) and the Burlington Northern Railroad Company. It includes in excess of 27,000 photographs in addition to extensive Great Northern operational paperwork from the Spokane area and posters, ephemera, annual reports, newsletters, blueprints, equipment manuals, and timetables.
The David Sprau Collection encompasses 32 boxes of documents covering most Pacific Northwest railroads and includes operations documents, businees correspondence, engineering drawings, photographs and maps. It includes materials received from Herb Schneider, John Phillips III and David Empfield.
The Delbert Jacobson Collection holds primarily engineering drawings. Subjects include Seattle's King Street Station and other Pacific Northwest facilities of both the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.). Materials cover much of the twentieth century.
The Diane Morlock Collection includes Great Northern Railway Cascade Division Timetable 104 dated 10/31/1965 and a passenger timetable Great Northern Railway dated 4/27/1969.
The Don Arnett Collection consists of 95 photographs of the Great Northern's construction of snow sheds over Marias Pass, Montana in 1912 and Stevens Pass, Washington in 1916 from the John S. McCrossen collection.