Varney was a United States manufacturer of model railroad equipment.
The company was founded by Gordon Varney in 1936. Varney's main significance to the model railroad
community was his early advocacy of the HO gauge and the development of a reliable motor small
enough to power the locomotives of this gauge. Varney's early catalogs contain editorials that
clearly show an understanding of the mind of model railroaders that still rings true today.
Varney sold the company in 1960.
As of 2007, versions of many former Varney products remain on the market in the Bowser
Manufacturing and Life Like lines.
Link to Varney Catalogs on line.
