In this time period, does anyone know what the C&O, N&W, and Southern Rwy used??? These were the main railroads that ran thru or interchanged at in my home area in Virginia, Staunton Waynesboro area, Southern had a local that came from Manassas and ended in Harrisonburg, thanks again…
One easy way is to do a Railpictures.net photo search for those years and roads. But most locos prior to the SD40-2 would be appropriate, which were delivered in 75.
For C&O try this link: http://www.northeast.railfan.net/co.html
For N&W try this link as a start: http://nwry.railfan.net/roster.html
Someone else may have a link for the Southern Railway.
Hope this gets you started.
Lynda
http://users.inna.net/~jaydeet/rosters.htm
Some of these might help too.
David,
The EMD ‘dash 2’ line came out in 1972, so you just start seeing SD40-2’s in the early to mid 70’s. Depending on the railroad/locale; older F units may still be seen, and early first generation GP7/9/18’s will be there. Early 2nd generation power like the GP30/35 or the GE U Boats would be seen on the mainline, with SD35/SD40/SD45’s as well. Most of the older Alco/BLW/FM engines were gone or being used in local/yard service by that time.
In the Mpls/St Paul area of the midwest, there were still a lot of F units on the Milw/SOO/BN/C&NW…but other areas had no F units. Minority builders were amoung the first to go to the scrap yards.
Jim