Norfolk Southern has a dedicated facility in Louisville serving GE Appliances as an "anchor" customer for the railway services. Adam Wiseman, senior director of logistics responsible for strategy, inventory and deployment at GE Appliances, said this expanded service will play an integral role in supporting GE Appliances' recently announced $490 million commitment to reshoring laundry production from China to Louisville.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/money/companies/2025/10/27/norfolk-southern-union-pacific-launch-freight-rail-service-from-louisville

"Louisville is the heart of American manufacturing and the intersection where location, innovation and logistics meet to ships goods and services to people across the country and around the world," Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in the release. "Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific’s investment to build a new domestic rail service between Louisville and key West Coast and Southern markets is proof that the future of business and manufacturing runs straight through our city."