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 Jim Ruffing Collection consists of approximately 650 Northern Pacific Field Completion Reports from between 1920 and 1971 for locations in Montana and Washington.
The Jim Rogers Collection joins a Pullman creamer and sugar bowl and from the Pennsylvania Railroad and a first aid kit from the Pacific Coast Railroad.
The Jim Pendley Collection holds 7 photographs of Milwaukee Road subjects, primarily locomotives and 9 engineering drawings of the Milwaukee Road roundhouse at Avery, Idaho.
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 Kruzberger Collection includes items from the Nothern Pacific Railroad Company and other Minnesota and Wisconsin railroads including 13 post cards, 78 prints, 65 negatives, 1 copy of timetable #22 for the Lake Superior Division of the Northern Pacific dated 05/03/1903, 1 copy of timetable #154 for the Duluth and Lake Superior Terminal railroads dated 11/09/1930, 1 copy of timetable #32A for the Lake Superior Division of the Northern Pacific dated 10/30/1910, a map of Chicago and North Western Railway Company system dated 10/1964, 1 copy of "Minnesota History" dated Spring 2006, 2 flyers for steam trips put on by Minnesota Railfan Association dated 07/01/1956 and 06/39/1957, 1 copy of a Northern Pacific passenger schedule dated 10/27/1957, 1 copy of a Northern Pacific Passenger schedule condensed dated 11/16/1952, 1 copy of Northern Pacific passenger schedule dated 10/29/1961, and 1 copy of the brochure "NP Locomotives".
The Jim Cross Collection encompasses copies of the 1909 and 1923 contracts between the Northern Pacific and the Oregon & Washington Railroad for joint possession of the railroad line between Vancouver, Washington and South Tacoma, Washington.
The Jim Adams Collection takes in Amtrak timetables, Amtrak zone maps, Railway Education Bureau lesson materials, Milwaukee Road timetables a Union Pacific rule book and other miscellaneous railroad-related ephemera, newspaper clippings and artifacts.