The Dan Steinhoff Collection consists of a copy of the retirement program for A.W. Ackley, Chief Dispatcher of the Tacoma Division, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and a newspaper article on James M. Fredrickson, dispatcher for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.
The Daniel Gabbert Collection is comprised of railroad equipment operating manuals and government and railroad company regulations for the operation and maintenance of railroad equipment.
The Darren Wiese Collection brings together Darius Kinsey and Asahel Curtis photographs, Portland, Oregon trolley photographs, paper work from the Portland Traction Company, Northern Pacific Railroad, Great Northern Railway, Southern Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Railroad, unused Northern Pacific Railroad and Portland traction car seals, and plaster detail from the Chehalis, Washington depot.
The Dave Belling Collection is comprised of an agreement between The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad, a passenger list of the ship SS Great Northern, a list of streamlined passenger cars 1947 to 1955; 2 annual reports of the Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, several drawings of passenger cars 1947 to 1955 and additional items.
The Dave Franz Collection includes Burlington Northern Railroad train orders from 1985 for Missoula, Montana, bulletins from Missoula, and Burlington Northern Railroad computer printouts. Also assembled are Electro Motive Division and General Electric locomotive manuals, air brake books, Northern Pacific Railroad track Charts, and Northern Pacific Railroad station maps.