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The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum Society Collection consists primarily of textual, photographic, and cartographic records related to the regional developments of the railway industry in Northern BC. A predominant portion of the collection is made up of material from the Canadian National Railway; other railways represented include the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the British Columbia Railway (BC Rail), the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk Railway, the Intercolonial Railway, and the Okanagan Express. Significant geographical areas covered include Prince George, the Peace River Region, Terrace, Bulkley Valley, Hazelton and Prince Rupert.

The forestry industry is represented in the collection with operational and financial records from Fyfe Lake Sawmill Ltd., which operated southwest of Prince George in the 1950s.

The collection has been organized into series according to creator, each of which also has been arranged to subseries, file and item level, where applicable. This collection consists of eight series, as follows:

1) Canadian National Railway
2) Grand Trunk Railway
3) Pacific Great Eastern Railway
4) British Columbia Railway (BC Rail)
5) Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)
6) Intercolonial Railway
7) Fyfe Lake Sawmill ltd.
8) PGRFM
9) Photographs

Subseries contains material relating to the administrative functions of the Canadian National Railway Prince George office, including financial records and publication material meant for management staff.

Subseries consists of interdepartmental correspondence primarily in the form of telegraphs and internal correspondence bulletin books.

Subseries contains timecards, labour records, and employee documents.

Subseries contains textual material relating to station names and locations, road crossings, and the movements of trains.

Subseries contains textual material concerning yard, station, track, and train maintenance. A majority of the records are in the form of work orders.

Subseries contains textual material produced and recorded by Canadian National Railway relating to employee safety and accidents.

Subseries contains publications intended for employees and the general public, produced by Canadian National Railways, concerning labour unions, uniform code, operating rules, maintenance of way, general instructions, examination material, handling of hazardous material, operating guides, safety, and the Royal Tours of 1939 and 1959.

Subseries contains ephemera related to Canadian National Railways.

Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced by Canadian National Railways. Predominantly consists of record plans of the B.C. Mountain Region. Also includes technical drawings of CN railway equipment.

Subseries contains material relating to the administrative functions of the Grand Trunk Railway, including financial records.

Subseries consists of correspondence between Grand Trunk Railway and other railway systems, particularly the Wabash Railroad Company.

Subseries contains ephemera related to the Grand Trunk Railway.

Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced by Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways. Predominantly consists of plans of the rail line in the BC area. Also includes technical drawings of Grand Trunk Railway structures.

Subseries consists primarily of interdepartmental correspondence and incoming correspondence to Pacific Great Eastern Railway.

Subseries contains textual material relating to the movements of trains.

Subseries contains publications intended for employees and the general public, produced by Pacific Great Eastern Railway, concerning labour unions, operating guides, and brochures.

Subseries contains ephemera related to Pacific Great Eastern Railways.

Subseries contains maps and technical drawings produced Pacific Great Eastern Railways. Predominantly consists of plans of the rail line in the B.C. area. Also includes technical drawings of Pacific Great Eastern Railway structures.

Subseries contains material related to BC Rail train movements and operations. Employee time tables and operations forms are included within.

Subseries contains materials related to employee development, union and training. Seniority lists, examination materials, memorandum and union agreements are contained within.

Subseries contains BC Rail manuals, publications and directories related to BC Rail projects, operating rules, and safety.

Subseries contains miscellaneous material created by BC Rail, BC Rail employees or through a partnership between BC Rail and Mountain Outin’ Tours, Inc.

Subseries contains published material pertaining to BC Rail operations but not created by BC Rail.

Subseries contains plans of BC Rail sites, yards and industrial parks.

Subseries contains newspaper articles and clippings pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway. Excerpts from the railway’s paper, CP Rail News, are also included.

Subseries contains internal and external correspondence created by or pertaining to Canadian Pacific Railway.

Subseries contains employee and personal material used or created by H.S. Unwin, a Canadian Pacific Railway Employee.

Subseries contains passenger and employee time tables for Canadian Pacific Railway and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, a railway on Vancouver Island owned by CP Rail.

Subseries contains instructional, maintenance, freight and tariff publications created by Canadian Pacific Railways and the Canadian Freight Association.

Subseries contains letterhead, pamphlets, ticket stubs and stamps used and created by Canadian Pacific Railway.

Subseries contains material created by various Canadian railways. Includes forms, condensed profiles, time tables and promotion material.

Subseries contains material created by two American transportation companies: the Southern Pacific Company and the Guilford Transportation Industries Rail Division. Includes time tables and instructions.

Subseries contains employee training and instruction materials for general rail operations.

Subseries contains employee time books and payroll ledgers developed by various companies and union groups for the use of rail workers and railways. Includes a time and payroll ledger used by Magofin Bergh & co., a railway construction contractor.

Subseries contains publications and charters developed by various unions representing Canadian and American railway workers. Includes union newspapers, pamphlets, constitutions, medical and dental plan information, and union ephemera.

Subseries contains publications created for the use of railroads in North and South America. Includes publications pertaining to railway equipment, machinery, safety, maintenance and other subjects related to railway industry and labour.

Subseries contains ephemera created and used by various railways and railway associations. Includes invitations, pamphlets, advertisements, a petition, and other ephemera materials related to railways in North America.

Subseries contains used and unused railway and financial forms.

Subseries contains material pertaining to the history of railway in Northern British Columbia.

Subseries contains maps and plans depicting railway sites in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Subseries contains materials related to Fyfe Lake Fir’s general finance and banking operations. Includes cheque books, retail stationary and other general finance materials.