The Hal Will Collection includes 57 photographs, principally of Great Northern Railway equipment, taken in the Seattle, Washington area between 1947 and 1956.
The Gregory Wills Collection comprises 2 Burlington Northern hard hats, 1 Great Northern belt buckle, 1 Great Northern battery lantern and a Great Northern necklace.
The Greg Kibler Collection cosists of photographs, a Nothern Pacific 1914 Yellowstone Tours and Fares book, a 1920 Agreement Book for Clerks, Freight Handlers and Station Employees and newspaper clippings compiled by John Francis Murray.
The "Authorization for Expenditure" files saved from the Great Northern Railway's Seattle Engineering offices cover "West End" locations in Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho and western Montana. They are identified in several SERIES CODES as follows: AB - 1896-1898 Advisory Board (often called Additions and Betterments in error) BS – code not deciphered CP - 1918-1920 Corporate (non-United States Railroad Administration items) EM – Eastern Railway of Minnesota (or Eastern Minnesota Railroad) FOS – code not deciphered GM - 1905-1907 General Manager Great Northern Railway (Lines West) GP - 1925-1954 Glacier Park Company GX - 1890-1896 Great Northern Railway, General Manager IE - 1907-1919 Inland Empire System (Interurban and short lines near Spokane, Washington) 'I' (Roman Numeral) - 1896-1915 Great Northern Railway, Old Series 'II' (Roman Numeral) - 1915-1960 Great Northern Railway, New Series KV - 1901-1902 Kootenai Valley Railway MB - prior to 1890 - Saint Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway PC - 1952-1970 Pacific Coast Railroad RR - Great Northern Railway Assistant Chief Engineer SC - 1927-1928 Spokane, Coeur d’Alene & Palouse Railway SF - 1900-1907 Spokane Falls & Northern Railway (SF&N) SG - 1906-1907 SF&N, General Manager SL - 1905-1940 Somers Lumber Company SN – Seattle and Northern Railway VW - 1906-1907 Vancouver, Westminster & Yukon Railway WO – code not deciphered WT - 1905-1935 Washington Townsite Company
The Great Northern Railway Records Collection includes Great Northern Railway historic books, photographs of Minot, North Dakota, and claims photos for the Great Northern Railway.
Great Northern Railway signal system standard components. The original engineering drawings were prepared between 1905 and 1957, and revised through 1962. Scans were prepared by the Great Northern Railway Historical Society in 2015.
