GLOR will also be spinning off their Peavine Subdivision to a new wholy owned subsidiary company, the Cincinnati, Batavia and Eastern Railroad. CBE will operate from Clare Yard, including the transload facility which they will operate for NS, to Otway, Oh. The line from Otway east to Portsmouth will remain in place with a trail built alongside the tracks as part of the CNOTP sale to NS. The tracks will remain out of service at this time, but will remain in place for future potential use.
CBE will operate via trackage rights to interchanges with GLOR, CSX and NS in Cincinnati. Two units will be kept in Clare Yard for the transload, 2 will stay in Batavia for Purina, and the rest will work across the railroad including the interchange traffic.
CBE #7 MP15AC
CBE #12 MP15AC
CBE #4030 SD40-2
CBE #4035 SD40-3
CBE #4501 SD45T-2
CBE #4504 SD45R
CBE #1590 GP15M-3
CBE #1591 GP15M-3
All locomotives on the line will retain their GLOR number and paint scheme, however the units will be relettered for the CBE.
Purina is expect to open their facility early in 2025, and the work to connect the in plant rail network to the Peavine Subdivision is ongoing.