Okolona, Houston and Calhoun City Railway

Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway
Reporting mark OH&CC
Locale Mississippi
Dates of operation 19331939
Predecessor Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 38.07 miles
Headquarters Houston, MS
OH&CC
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:

Preservation

  • The OH&CC depot in Houston, MS survives as a farm implement dealer.

References

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