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 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 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 Gardner Collection is comprised of steam locomotive roster photos, electric locomotive roster photos, diesel locomotive roster photos, gas electric locomotive photos, work equipment photos, traction photos, and West photos.
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.