The George Werkema Collection consists of photographic slides of Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) subjects and photographic slides of Northern Pacific Railroad Company subjects, some taken by Mr. Werkema and some from other sources. Some of these images are cross referenced to successor companies, such as the Burlington Northern Railroad Company, or to other related railroads. Subjects include railroad equipment, railroad stations, railroad bridges and other structures, and railroad tracks taken in locations across the western United States.
The George Simonson Collection includes documents on the Milwaukee Road, Burlington Northern, Nothern Pacific, SP&S, Union Pacific, Pacific Coast Railroad, Great Northern and other railroads. Railroad and model railroad magazines are also included, and books on railroad subjects.
The George S. Larrango Collection includes Northern Pacific Railroad employment documents, memorabilia and photographs, a Northern Pacific General Arrangement drawing for a 6000CU Ft 100 ton woodchip Gondola car dated 3-7-1969; painting and stenciling drawings for a 60ft 100 ton boxcar 2-7488 dated 9-27-1969, and stenciling for 70-ton Burllington Northern boxcar 16815-12x dated 2-17-1970.
The George Leu Collection includes books, locomotive photograph, and material on Wellington, Washington; the Wellington avalanche, Great Northern Railway seniority rosters, and a Great Northern Railway Cascade Tunnel article.
The George Fischer Collection includes Great Northern Railway photos in the Cascade Mountains, an 1890 Great Northern Railway timetable, a 1936 Great Northern Railway report information, annual reports for the Great Northern Railway and Milwaukee Road, photographs of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Great Northern Railway documents.
