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The John Dennis Collection holds some 160 color photographs taken by Danny P. Cook and additional photographs provided as digital files. Subjects are primarily Burlington Northern equipment, employees and locations in western Washington state taken in the 1990's. Some photographs of Amtrak and Union Pacific subjects are also included.

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 Ken Iverson collection includes 19 Burlington Northern maps of the railroad in 19 western states of the United States, and a Reservation Tower (Tacoma, Washington) track and switch operation chart.

The Kurt Armbruster Collectionis is comprised of photographs, books,audio cassettes of conversations with railroad employees and CDs on Pacific Northwest railroad subjects.

The Laurie Briggs and Family Collection includes Burlington Northern Railroad calendars, timetables and maps with a few Northern Pacific Railroad items, and a 1962 Great Northern Railway World's Fair poster.

The Loren Halseth Collection includes a painting of the the Tacoma, Washington Union Station on wood by Jess Cauthorn, timetables for the Burlington Northern, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Pacific Coast and SP&S from the 1960's and 1970's, other operating and equipment documents and various small artifacts.

The Lowell Messman Collection includes documents, booklets and pamphlets, and artifacts, chiefly from the Great Northern and Burlington Northern, dating between 1946 and 1994.

The Marijane Marceau Collection comprises Northern Pacific engineering records, documents and maps, Burlington Northern documents, Union Pacific maps, railroad employee union documents, and ephemera and calendars from a variety of United States railroads.

The Mark Gelhaus Collection includes documents, timetables, operating instructions, equipment manuals, maps, equipment registers, photographs and sound recordings produced between 1885 and 1994. Railroad represented include the Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Great Northern and other railroads. Many of these materials were accumulated by Michael D. Gelhaus and Al Bennett.

The Melvin Iszley Collection consists of documents from several Northwest railroads, including maps, plats, engineering drawings, and timetables from the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle, the Burlington Northern, and several other railroads, and operating manuals for a variety of diesel locomotives.