Okolona, Houston and Calhoun City Railway

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Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway
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Former section of the railroad in Tombigbee National Forest
Overview
Headquarters Houston, MS
Reporting mark OH&CC
Locale Mississippi
Dates of operation19331939
Predecessor Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length38.07 miles
OH&CC
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14.1
Calhoun City
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36.2
Derma
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32.6
Hollis
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29.8
Vardaman
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26.0
Pyland
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23.8
Hall
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19.7
Houston
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14.1
Parkersburg
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10.0
Van Fleet
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6.3
Bacon
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0.0
Okolona
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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.

Contents

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

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OH&CC Depot in Houston OHCCdepot.jpg
OH&CC Depot in Houston