This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (November 2020) |
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Headquarters | Houston, MS |
Reporting mark | OH&CC |
Locale | Mississippi |
Dates of operation | 1933–1939 |
Predecessor | Mobile and Ohio Railroad |
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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.
OH&CC had two steam locomotives and a railbus in their roster: