The Herb Chaudiere Collection is comprised of books, photographs, motion pictures, audio tapes, and periodicals covering the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific and other railroads.
The J. W. Mathews consists of 1 map of the Northern Pacific Railroad Seattle-Lake Union line, 5 Milwaukee Road maps of Tacoma, Washington stations, land, tracks and structures, and 1 mini soap bar from the Northern Pacific.
The Jack Blanchard Collection includes issues of "Extra 2200 South", a magazine on diesel locomotive news and histories, and a Milwaukee Road postcard of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington.
The James Fredrickson Collection is an extensive compilation of documents and photographs, primarily concerned with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company with additional coverage of other Pacific Northwest railroads. The Fredrickson Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) collection covers documents from the Northern Pacific's Tacoma and Idaho Divisions from 1900 to 1927. Many of these documents are actually Field Completion Reports (FCR).
The Jim Adams Collection takes in Amtrak timetables, Amtrak zone maps, Railway Education Bureau lesson materials, Milwaukee Road timetables a Union Pacific rule book and other miscellaneous railroad-related ephemera, newspaper clippings and artifacts.
The Jim Pendley Collection holds 7 photographs of Milwaukee Road subjects, primarily locomotives and 9 engineering drawings of the Milwaukee Road roundhouse at Avery, Idaho.
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 Jonathan Fischer Collection takes in 1 Field Ampere meter from a Milwaukee Road box cab electric locomotive. It was recovered at St. Maries, Idaho.