The John Phillips III Collection includes the Yearbook of Railroad Facts for the various years between 1939 and 1982; a Time Book for the United Transportation Union from 1983; 1 Northern Pacific Railroad Company blank form 1450/9-24, “Agents Record of Seals Applied and Removed”; a binder with the Schedule of Equipment Rental and Other Rental Rates for use between carriers; a March 28,1949 Study entitled" Foundation Investigation Union Pacific Railroad Spur Richland, WA for General Electric Company GE Nucleonics Project Richland WA"; the Northern Pacific Rocky Mountain Division Cross Section MP 700-1060 ( Helena and Jefferson County RR); the Northern Pacific Rocky Mountain Division Cross Section MP 377+40-700 ( Helena and Jefferson County RR); and a booklet for Bridge 169 near Superior, Montana.
The John Barrows Collection incorporates 45 Northern Pacific trainsheets from 1940 and 1945 for the Norhtern Pacific's Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Divisions.
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 DeYoung Collection is comprised of the September-October 1958 (Volume XXXII #5) issue of the Northern Pacific Railroad's publication "The Northwest and Its Resources".
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 Hilliard Collection includes 13 photographs of a Northern Pacific wreck and the Livingston, Montana workshops, and 44 photographs of snow plows, retirements and train wrecks from the Ray Spanring collection.
The John Lubetkin Collection is comprised of published books on railroad subjects, railroad stock and bond certificates from the 19th and 20th centuries, and research materials gathered by Mr. Lubetkin for his non-fiction and historical fiction works, including "Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, The Sioux and The Panic of 1873".
The John Magnuson Collection is comprised of 5 Northern Pacific station plats: Woodinville, Washington, 1980, Kirkland, Washington #2, circa 1965, Titlow, Washiginton, 1974, Steilacoom, Washington, 1976, and Quendall, Washington, 1975.
