The John Magnuson Collection is comprised of 5 Northern Pacific station plats: Woodinville, Washington, 1980, Kirkland, Washington #2, circa 1965, Titlow, Washiginton, 1974, Steilacoom, Washington, 1976, and Quendall, Washington, 1975.
The John McNutt Collection includes Milwaukee Road Rules and Instructions, 1974, Safety Instructions, 1970, and a public timetable from May, 1939. Also included are a Railroad Commisssioners' report from 1907, a Consolidated Code from 1967, an Electro-Motive Division Operator's Manual for their SD-7 from 1954, a United Transportation Union Schedule for Trainmen and Yardmen from 1969, a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad notebook, "The Railroad Spiral" by William Searles, 1906, and a Southern Pacific "Shasta Route" timetable from 1956.
The John Menke Collection consists of magazines ("Mainstreeter", "Scientific American", "Trains"), Northern Pacific Railroad silverware and flatware, and prints.
The John Mess Collection includes 9 circulars from the Pullman Company and additional correspondence concerning passenger cars for the Great Northern Empire Builder between 1950 and 1961.
The John Nemnich Collection includes 5 trip passes for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, a car assignment list dated 1/22/1949, blueprints for the Portland Terminal Railroad turntable. Roundhouse; and prints from Portland Transfer Railroad, 1912 (might be the Portland roundhouse).
The John Phillips III Collection is comprised of copies of "Talking It Over", a Pullman towel, a seatback cover, Annual Pass request forms, Train Service timebooks, a pad of Great Northern Railway telegram forms, and a Track Location Diagram for Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota..