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 Fredrickson Collection is comprised primarily of railroad enthusiast and model railroad magazines dated between 1962 and 2011. It also includes 2 books on railroads in Washington state and a map of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company.
The John Heider Collection consists of documents retrieved from the King Street Station in Seattle, Washington including contracts, correspondence and drawings.
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 Ludwig Collection is 9 scans of engineering drawings of the King Street Station, Seattle (Wash.). Originals were scanned at the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive and the scans retained. The originals were returned to Mr. Ludwig.
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.
