Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky. 439 miles, in operation by 1861.
- Miles, 1865
- 439
- Gauge
- 5 ft
- Trains today
- 73%
- States
- Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky
Then and now
- Trains run on it today321 mi
- Rail trail today1 mi
- No track today117 mi
Track in service on this route today belongs to CPKC and smaller railroads.
On this line
- Columbus fortress and railheadArmy post
- Okolona depotDepot
- Corinth rail junctionRail junction
- Meridian arsenal and depotsDepot
- Columbus supply baseSupply base
- Corinth under Union occupationRail junction
- Beauregard abandons the Corinth rail junctionMay 30, 1862
- Rosecrans holds the Corinth junction against Van DornOctober 4, 1862
- Forrest captures the Union depot at TrentonDecember 20, 1862
- Forrest wrecks the Mobile and Ohio trestles on the ObionDecember 24, 1862
- Grierson wrecks the Mobile and Ohio at Egypt StationDecember 28, 1864