I am going to model a fictional soutern VA town in the early 1980s. It will have Conrail carrying grain, wheat, etc. from the Mid-west through the town toward the Carolinas and a Chessie coal drag coming from the mountains. Below are rosters of CR and CO I compiled using numerous internet resources. Doing so will help me model the most popular locos for these lines. Can you pls look these rosters over to verify the accuracy? Am I missing something obvious such as other lines to model? I know Athearn or Atlas makes these models, which is good news!
Without having resources to consult, your information looks essentially viable. During that time period Conrail also had GP40-2’s, SD50’s, numerous pre-Dash 7 GE’s, C30-7’s, C30-7A’s and GP15-1’s. Also, unless your fiction includes run-through power or trackage rights, CR did not own any routes in southern VA.