The Great Northern Railway Historical Society Collection consists of 16mm films and documents: Pacific Coast Railroad annual reports for 1951-1969 and Oregon California and Eastern Railroad annual reports for 1948-1969, Pacific Coast Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission annual reports for 1945-1967, Great Northern Railway - British Columbia annual reports, Great Northern Railway ledgers of California Statistics circa 1966-1969, Great Northern Railway Canadian Activity reports for various years, binders of Great Northern Railway records between 1910 and 1989.
A grouping of Great Northern Railway depot photographs compiled from several sources including principally the Norm Keyes, George Werkema and Charles W. Bohi collections.
A listing of known Great Northern Railway station locations circa 1950, 1957 and 1967, prepared from Authorization for Expenditure data, Great Northern Railway timetables, and Great Northern Railway Officer, Agent and Station Lists.
Miscellaneous Great Northern Railway-related items - seniority rosters, smaller collections or items that don't fit neatly into existing categories (as of 2011).
Forms used by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern and other railroad related companies for various business purposes, dated from 1904 to 1967.
The "Authorization for Expenditure" files saved from the Great Northern Railway's Seattle Engineering offices cover "West End" locations in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho and western Montana. They are identified in several SERIES CODES as follows: AB - 1896-1898 Advisory Board (often called Additions and Betterments in error) BS – code not deciphered CP - 1918-1920 Corporate (non-United States Railroad Administration items) EM – Eastern Railway of Minnesota (or Eastern Minnesota Railroad) FOS – code not deciphered GM - 1905-1907 General Manager Great Northern Railway (Lines West) GP - 1925-1954 Glacier Park Company GX - 1890-1896 Great Northern Railway, General Manager IE - 1907-1919 Inland Empire System (Interurban and short lines near Spokane, Washington) 'I' (Roman Numeral) - 1896-1915 Great Northern Railway, Old Series 'II' (Roman Numeral) - 1915-1960 Great Northern Railway, New Series KV - 1901-1902 Kootenai Valley Railway MB - prior to 1890 - Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway PC - 1952-1970 Pacific Coast Railroad RR - Great Northern Railway Assistant Chief Engineer SC - 1927-1928 Spokane, Coeur d’Alene & Palouse Railway SF - 1900-1907 Spokane Falls & Northern Railway (SF&N) SG - 1906-1907 SF&N, General Manager SL - 1905-1940 Somers Lumber Company SN – Seattle and Northern Railway VW - 1906-1907 Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Railway WO – code not deciphered WT - 1905-1935 Washington Townsite Company
The Gregory Wills Collection comprises 2 Burlington Northern hard hats, 1 Great Northern belt buckle, 1 Great Northern battery lantern and a Great Northern necklace.
The Hal Will Collection includes 57 photographs, principally of Great Northern Railway equipment, taken in the Seattle, Washington area between 1947 and 1956.
The Herb Chaudiere Collection is comprised of books, photographs, motion pictures, audio tapes, and periodicals covering the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific and other railroads.
The Herb Grisham Collection includes railroad employee passes for the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, telegraph union membership cards, time books and rule books for the period between 1913 and 1959.
