Okolona, Houston and Calhoun City Railway
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2020) |
 Former section of the railroad in Tombigbee National Forest | |
| Overview | |
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| 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 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- The OH&CC depot in Houston, Mississippi survives as a farm implement dealership.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Okolona, Houston and Calhoun City Railway.
- "Mississippi Rails page for OH&CC". Retrieved 3 December 2011.
