The Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad ledger (1867-1876) records the sales of Kickapoo Indian lands by the railroad to white settlers between 1867 and 1876.

The Emerson R. Bailey memoir (1952) consist of Emerson's twelve-page account of being four days snowbound at Yuba Gap in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the passenger train "City of San Francisco" in January of 1952.

The John G. Baker article (1969) is titled "The Castello Circus Transcontinental Tour" and discusses the story of the tour of Dan Castello Circus, Menageries and Abyssinian Caravan over the newly completed railroad from Omaha to California in 1869.

The Bamberger family papers (1845-1995) contain the personal, political, and business papers of Simon Bamberger, Julian Bamberger, and other Bamberger family members. Also present are papers dealing with the Bamberger Railroad.

The Bingham and Garfield Railway Company payroll records (1913-1915) document an administrative aspect of this railway which was built by Utah Copper in 1911 to connect its mine in Bingham Canyon, Utah, to its smelter in Garfield, Utah. The line closed in 1948.

The John Carbutt photograph collection contains stereographs by John Carbutt documenting various scenes along the Mississippi, in Chicago, the Rocky Mountains, and along the Union Pacific Railroad in Nebraska.

The W. A. Clay papers (1968-1969) contain fourteen short stories by Wallace A. Clay, primarily pertaining to the Golden Spike era (1868-1869).

The James Clawson Dean papers (1890-2008) contain correspondence, newsletters, financial and medical documents, brochures, subject files, notebooks, and memorabilia.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad records (1923-1983) contains correspondence, reports and ledgers of accident investigations and property claims, and general insurance schedules. Also included in the records is a press release concerning the reopening of the railroad following the Thistle landslide in 1983.

The Denver & Salt Lake Railroad Company way-bill copy ledger (1915) provides a record of the transportation of livestock, coal, produce, and other material goods throughout the United States.

The Golden Spike Centennial scrapbooks (1969) contain clippings regarding the celebration of the centennial of the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah.

The Greek railroad workers records (1904-2000) contain copies of newspaper articles and government records pertaining to a railroad accident in February 1904, as well as articles from the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News about the dedication of a memorial to the accident victims. In February 1904, 28 railroad workers, including 16 Greek immigrants, were killed.

The Helper, Utah photograph collection contains photograph of buildings along one side of a street in Helper, Utah.

The Horace Willis Higgs papers (1904-2006) is a collection of papers and publication about mining and railroads in Peru. The collections focuses on mining, with several booklets, papers and articles from and about Cerro De Pasco Corporation, Centromin, and engineering and mining journals.

The William Henry Jackson photograph collection contains photographs of various sites and people in Colorado and Utah taken by William Henry Jackson. Some are from the Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad series. Others depict Indigenous people, primarily members of the Ute people.

The David E. Miller papers (1831-1981) contain such things as correspondence, history course papers and detailed lessons, his journal from his years as an LDS missionary in Germany (1930-1931), Golden Spike Centennial (1969) materials, newspaper clippings, book reviews, various publications, maps, and research and a manuscript for his work on Peter Skene Ogden.

The Milwaukee Railroad traveling freight agent sales kit (1959-1976) consists of a folio leather valise vase that contains correspondence, maps, and various other advertisements pertaining to the sale of different freight cars.

The Morrison-Knudsen Company report (1958) is titled "The Great Salt Lake Railroad Crossing for Southern Pacific Company."

The Gary J. Neeleman papers (1919-1943) consist of 10 Brazilian newspapers, a paper by Neeleman, and The Jungle Route by Frank W. Kravigny. Neeleman was an author and correspondent of United Press International.

The Virginia Nester photograph collection contains photographs of Bingham Canyon and the Utah Copper Company mine located there. Photographs document buildings, railroads, and mining activities.