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Rich Varner's Collection
 
3/19/2024
 
 
 
 
Welcome to Rich Varner's Railroad Picture Archives!

Front Page Pic Welcome to the RRPictureArchives.NET contributor site of Rich Varner.  

My interest in taking railroad photos started during my early teens as I used to watch the Rock Island and Milwaukee trains pass by my house in eastern Iowa.  In the early 70's, I made several trips to Silvis, Ill. to see the Rock Island shops.

I later lived in K.C., Mo., Alabama, Kentucky, then back to K.C., Mo., where I met my good friends Wes Rupe and Jack Rodkey.  Wes and I railfanned almost every weekend in K.C. in the 80's.  Wes, Jack and I also took several railfan trips out of town.  Wes gave me several prints over the years and some of them I have scanned and posted to this site.

I later moved to STL but lived there only briefly before moving to Louisville, Ky.  I currently live in Indiana.  I enjoyed taking railroad pictures the entire time.

Most of the pictures I took were prints. I have a TON of prints that I have been working on scanning in and posting to this site.  I have been posting only some of the better pictures I have.

Please enjoy looking thru some of my older pictures.  I enjoy being able to share them!



You may browse my collection of pictures via the menu located on the left hand side of the page.  I hope you enjoy the collection and thanks for stopping by!

 
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Site Stats
Photos: 1,909
Locomotives:  1,804
Rolling Stock:  115
Locations:  188
What's New?
New Photo Albums
Gateway Western RR Pictures
   -Added 2/8/2024 2:20:56 PM
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Pictures
   -Added 12/19/2023 10:19:36 AM
Chicago Central & Pacific RR Pictures
   -Added 11/17/2023 11:43:29 PM
CP Rail Pictures
   -Added 10/22/2023 11:19:27 PM
Canadian National Pictures
   -Added 10/19/2023 10:11:06 PM
B&O/C&O Pictures
   -Added 10/10/2023 4:53:16 PM
Arkansas & Missouri RR Pictures
   -Added 10/2/2023 9:36:59 AM
Montana Rail Link Pictures
   -Added 9/28/2023 8:53:30 PM
CSX Pictures
   -Added 8/29/2023 9:12:54 PM
Burlington Northern Pictures
   -Added 6/19/2023 7:35:41 PM
Norfolk Southern Pictures
   -Added 6/16/2023 7:40:26 PM
Cotton Belt Pictures
   -Added 6/10/2023 10:19:18 AM
Southern Pacific Pictures
   -Added 5/23/2023 10:09:09 PM
C&NW Pictures
   -Added 5/13/2023 10:27:38 PM
Amtrak Pictures
   -Added 5/12/2023 9:41:10 PM
Conrail Pictures
   -Added 5/7/2023 1:46:33 PM
Chicago, Missouri & Western RR Pictures
   -Added 3/13/2023 4:09:19 PM
Southern RR. Pictures
   -Added 3/7/2023 8:47:08 PM
AT&SF Pictures
   -Added 3/5/2023 9:43:00 AM
Norfolk Western Pictures
   -Added 3/4/2023 2:37:48 PM
Missouri Pacific Pictures
   -Added 2/11/2023 3:10:48 PM
IC/ICG Pictures
   -Added 2/3/2023 9:54:28 AM
SOO Line Pictures
   -Added 1/28/2023 3:44:08 PM
Short Lines, Leased and Other Miscellaneous Pictures
   -Added 1/24/2023 9:46:30 PM
Milwaukee RR Pictures
   -Added 1/22/2023 1:48:55 PM
KCS Pictures
   -Added 12/29/2022 9:40:40 PM
DRGW & MKT Pictures
   -Added 1/3/2022 12:11:19 PM
Rock Island Pictures
   -Added 1/2/2022 4:16:02 PM
Eastern Iowa
   -Added 1/1/2015 10:01:32 PM
Champaign, Illinois plus other Illinois shots
   -Added 1/1/2015 8:49:12 PM
Louisville, Ky./Southern Indiana
   -Added 11/20/2014 9:47:25 AM
   more...
 
Updated Photo Albums
Burlington Northern Pictures
   -Updated 3/18/2024 7:34:42 PM
Short Lines, Leased and Other Miscellaneous Pictures
   -Updated 3/17/2024 4:04:56 PM
Gateway Western RR Pictures
   -Updated 2/10/2024 9:27:33 PM
Louisville, Ky./Southern Indiana
   -Updated 2/3/2024 11:59:38 AM
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Pictures
   -Updated 12/29/2023 3:07:25 PM
Chicago Central & Pacific RR Pictures
   -Updated 11/19/2023 10:43:31 PM
CP Rail Pictures
   -Updated 10/27/2023 11:42:21 AM
Canadian National Pictures
   -Updated 10/22/2023 9:07:06 PM
Southern Pacific Pictures
   -Updated 10/16/2023 11:55:14 AM
B&O/C&O Pictures
   -Updated 10/12/2023 8:57:01 PM
DRGW & MKT Pictures
   -Updated 10/11/2023 9:57:15 PM
C&NW Pictures
   -Updated 10/11/2023 7:48:04 PM
Rock Island Pictures
   -Updated 10/9/2023 9:26:36 PM
Chicago, Missouri & Western RR Pictures
   -Updated 10/2/2023 9:38:52 AM
Milwaukee RR Pictures
   -Updated 10/2/2023 9:37:54 AM
Montana Rail Link Pictures
   -Updated 9/29/2023 4:56:33 PM
Cotton Belt Pictures
   -Updated 9/23/2023 12:23:22 PM
CSX Pictures
   -Updated 9/12/2023 3:33:39 PM
AT&SF Pictures
   -Updated 9/1/2023 9:19:59 PM
Amtrak Pictures
   -Updated 9/1/2023 9:00:59 PM
Eastern Iowa
   -Updated 7/13/2023 11:04:33 PM
Norfolk Southern Pictures
   -Updated 6/19/2023 7:37:05 PM
Conrail Pictures
   -Updated 5/11/2023 10:18:11 PM
Southern RR. Pictures
   -Updated 3/8/2023 9:26:22 PM
KCS Pictures
   -Updated 3/4/2023 10:32:44 PM
Missouri Pacific Pictures
   -Updated 3/4/2023 2:36:28 PM
IC/ICG Pictures
   -Updated 2/11/2023 1:01:38 PM
SOO Line Pictures
   -Updated 2/1/2023 8:33:00 PM
Champaign, Illinois plus other Illinois shots
   -Updated 1/24/2023 8:42:24 PM
   more...
 

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