Okolona, Houston and Calhoun City Railway

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Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway

Former section of the railroad in Tombigbee National Forest
Overview
Headquarters	Houston, MS
Reporting mark	OH&CC
Locale	Mississippi
Dates of operation	1933–1939
Predecessor	Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	38.07 miles

v t OH&CC
Legend
14.1 Calhoun City 36.2 Derma 32.6 Hollis 29.8 Vardaman 26.0 Pyland 23.8 Hall GM&N 19.7 Houston 14.1 Parkersburg 10.0 Van Fleet 6.3 Bacon 0.0 Okolona M & O

The Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway company was incorporated in Mississippi in 1933 and purchased the 38 mile long Mobile & Ohio branch line running from Okolona to Calhoun City, MS. The railroad offered daily passenger service along the towns served via railbus and several freight trains a week.

Competition from highways eroded traffic on the line and the OH&CC filed to abandon in 1938. By 1940 the tracks were removed.

Motive Power[]

OH&CC had two steam locomotives and a railbus in their roster:

• Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 # 9
• Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works 4-6-0 # 184
• Gasoline powered railbus (Converted from a Greyhound bus)

Preservation[]

• The OH&CC depot in Houston, Mississippi survives as a farm implement dealership.

References[]

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OH&CC Depot in Houston

• "Mississippi Rails page for OH&CC". Retrieved 3 December 2011.