The Joel C Janetski Collection is comprised of Great Northern Railway related materials, time tables, rule books, instruction books, and various forms related to the Great Northern .
The John Phillips III Collection includes the Yearbook of Railroad Facts for the various years between 1939 and 1982; a Time Book for the United Transportation Union from 1983; 1 Northern Pacific Railroad Company blank form 1450/9-24, “Agents Record of Seals Applied and Removed”; a binder with the Schedule of Equipment Rental and Other Rental Rates for use between carriers; a March 28,1949 Study entitled" Foundation Investigation Union Pacific Railroad Spur Richland, WA for General Electric Company GE Nucleonics Project Richland WA"; the Northern Pacific Rocky Mountain Division Cross Section MP 700-1060 ( Helena and Jefferson County RR); the Northern Pacific Rocky Mountain Division Cross Section MP 377+40-700 ( Helena and Jefferson County RR); and a booklet for Bridge 169 near Superior, Montana.
The John and Ivar Aspebakken Collection is comprised of 8 mm film on railroad subjects, track profiles, maps, tonnage charts and ephemera for the Burlington Northern, and track profiles for the Fort Worth and Denver, and Colorado Southern railroads. It includes digital copies of the track profiles.
The John Barrows Collection incorporates 45 Northern Pacific trainsheets from 1940 and 1945 for the Norhtern Pacific's Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone Divisions.
The John C Thomas Collection is comprised of a book - "Railroad History #143", and a book of Great Northern Railway Joint Facility Diagrams (track), a book:The Montana Central Railways, a picture of the Sidney, Montana depot (perhaps built by the Montana Central).
The John Christensen Collection includes published books on railroad subjects, operating documents for the Northern Pacific and Great Northern, equipment manuals and other documents received from Don Stay, Southern Pacific track profiles from 1990 and Operating Rules for 1986, the diary of J. P. Titus, an engineer involved in the Northern Pacific's Eagle Gorge, Washington line change in 1958, and trainmens' work schedules for Everett, Washington in the late 1980's and early 1990's
The John Dennis Collection holds some 160 color photographs taken by Danny P. Cook and additional photographs provided as digital files. Subjects are primarily Burlington Northern equipment, employees and locations in western Washington state taken in the 1990's. Some photographs of Amtrak and Union Pacific subjects are also included.
The John DeYoung Collection is comprised of the September-October 1958 (Volume XXXII #5) issue of the Northern Pacific Railroad's publication "The Northwest and Its Resources".
The John F. Strauss Collection includes materials on various Pacific Northwest railroads including the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, and Burlington Northern. Items include sound recordings on vinyl, VHS format video recordings, books on railroad topics, scrapbooks on Great Northern passenger service and timetables for various railroads. Materials date between 1905 and 2008 with most from the second half of the 20th century.
