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, Jack Rodkey and Bruce Hayden.  Wes and I railfanned almost every weekend in K.C. in the 80's.  Wes, Jack, Bruce and I also took several railfan trips out of town.  Wes gave me several prints over the years and many 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!