Cotton Links

Courtesy of Mr. Rhett Graves, a gentleman and a scholar...


Scott,

Here's a few links I ran across today while perusing the Mississippi Department of Archives and History website:

http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/cooper/index.php?itemno=2860

You don't have to model the steamboat details so long as you have it fully loaded with cotton!

http://mdah.state.ms.us/arrec/digital_archives/cooper/index.php?itemno=2880

I'm guessing there weren't many height restrictions along this portion of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR.

Speaking of the Y&MV (which got swallowed up by the IC in 1899 on paper, but lasted until 1949 in paint), your car roster has the chance to feature some little-known railroads that eventually got swallowed up into the Southern, SAL or ACL.  Here's a few that come to mind:

Georgia Southern & Florida - Southern controlled, but still independent in 1920.  Though part of NS, it's still independent in paint today! 
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic - reorganized as the Atlanta Birmingham & Coast in 1926 (you could conceivably have both the AB&A and AB&C).  Ultimately absorbed into ACL in 1946.
Macon, Dublin & Savannah - absorbed into SAL in 1958. 

And being in Georgia, you've got a plethora of shortline carriers whose rolling stock would make excellent modeling fodder.  Here's the complete list:  http://railga.com/railhistlist.html

I notice the "Savannah, Tybee & Atlantic."  Could that be your prototype?

Rhett