The James Mattson Collection includes a set of Northern Pacific Railroad Company Field Completion Reports, a book of Northern Pacific right of way plat from Paradise, Montana to Hope, Idaho, 2 Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) Authorization For Expenditure books originally held at the King Street Station, Seattle, Washington. It also a group of various railroad maps and track profiles and 4 boxes of various railroad time tables.
The Jay Lentzner Collection includes Burlington Northern Railroad, Northern Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railway maps; Burlington Northern Railroad, Northern Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railway timetables; engine house registers for Othello, Washingon and Tacoma, Washington; Conductor's Train Registers; Tacoma Daily Power Line Ups; Tacoma Roundhouse Foreman Log Books; Tacoma Train Dispatcher's Order books; Montana Rail LInk reports dated January 1-December 31st, 1993; Brotherhood magazines dated 1906-1967; and maps from the Northern Pacific Railroad, Burlington Northern Railroad and Great Northern Railway.
The Jim McWhirter Collection consists of 1 photograph of the Anaconda, Montana tower, a Great Northern Railway/Montana Central Railroad Timetable Number 49 from 1900, and drafts of Great Northern Railway Historical Society "Goat" article.
The Jim Parker Collection includes 135 photographs of Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad locomotives, freight cars and passenger cars.
The John Christensen Collection includes published books on railroad subjects, operating documents for the Northern Pacific and Great Northern, equipment manuals and other documents received from Don Stay, Southern Pacific track profiles from 1990 and Operating Rules for 1986, the diary of J. P. Titus, an engineer involved in the Northern Pacific's Eagle Gorge, Washington line change in 1958, and trainmens' work schedules for Everett, Washington in the late 1980's and early 1990's
The John F. Strauss Collection includes materials on various Pacific Northwest railroads including the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Burlington Northern. Items include sound recordings on vinyl, VHS format video recordings, books on railroad topics, scrapbooks on Great Northern passenger service and timetables for various railroads. Materials date between 1905 and 2008 with most from the second half of the 20th century.
The John Mess Collection includes 9 circulars from the Pullman Company and additional correspondence concerning passenger cars for the Great Northern Empire Builder between 1950 and 1961.
The Joseph McGee Collection includes 6 time books (labeled 1-7, but 2 is missing) for Brakeman Joe McGee on the Northern Pacific Railroad Company's Idaho Division out of Spokane from September 1, 1946 through June 30, 1956 (Accrual W2012-11) and 3 large format Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) time tables: Great Northern #30 for the Montana Division dated 06/01/1930, Great Northern #39 for the Butte Division dated 12/13/1936 and Great Northern (United States Railroad Administration) #4 dated 10/05/1919.
The Joy Winston Collection includes railroad books, model train cars, Great Northern Railway prints, a binder of Great Northern Railway tariffs, advertising pages and photographs.