Cincinnati East Terminal

Company History: The CCET launched in April of 2014 to lease 25 miles of line from Norfolk Southern between Marimont and Williamsburg in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio area. The deal was made in order to provide more regular service to a Huhtamaki paper cup plant on the line. The CCET is owned by Frontier Rail, a small shortline group. The CCET locomotive fleet consists of a pair of GP49’s plus a third used for parts. Their original odd paint scheme of blue, yellow and red with silver trucks. is actually a patch job. The GP49’s came from the Alaska Railroad. This was later replaced with a strange black and red paint scheme.

Successor/Parent History: Frontier Rail is a small shortline group.

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