The Peter Thompson Collection is comprised of 7 Great Northern location histories; 4 St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba annual reports; a book - "Personal Accounts of Edwin Kachel"; a track laying record from 1862 to 1969, drawing 1368-1; 3 photos Hustle Muscle locomotive at Duluth, Minnesota.
The Phil Beach Collection materials focus primarily on the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and its successor, the Burlington Northern Railroad Company, with addition materials covering the railroad industry as a whole. Documents include annual reports, timetables, accident investigation reports, employee rule books, Official Guides and Railway Operating Equipment guides. Photographs are primarily of Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern subjects. Also included are books on railroad subjects and a variety of railroad and model railroad magazines.
The R. G. Willis Collection is comprised of 2 Great Northern Railway Employee Safety Magazines (1916), 1 envelope-Application for Situation (1916), 1 Engineman's Air Brake Examination, 1 "Questions for Conductors", 1 Railroad Time Book, 1 Safety Rules (1916), 1 Safety Postcard, 1 Uniform Button Cover, 1 "Automatic Block Signals", 7 photos, and 12 postcards.