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I imagine most of the better model manufacturers today consult with railroad historic societies prior to manufacturing a locomotive model of a prototype- road numbers, logos, paint color codes, placement and types of horns and all the bells and whistles, and when it was placed in service. Those historic socities have the resources and the knowledgeable member bodies to determine what was run where, when and for how long, and if it was sold, wrecked, restored, or for that matter, still in use. . .Historic socities, especially those that focus on model railroading (and probably they all do), have a vested interest in the scale fidelity of the subject matter and I'm sure they could (and may already) provide the aforementioned data to the manufacturers. I admit that it is much more of an undertaking to apply this to a freight roster but some manufacturers are making very specific models of certain prototypes, and then you have companies making generic box cars-all one can hope for is an accurate paint scheme and reporting data. The situation is even worse for cabooses & passenger cars, with but a few exceptions. Remember when we didn't concern ourselves with all this stuff and just ran trains-you either had diesels or steam, and you probably had SP or ATSF if you lived out West, PRR or NYC in the Northeast, or Southern if you lived in the South.!
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