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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height: 95%' align="center"><u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height: 95%' align="center">For Executing SEC Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height: 95%' align="center">(and/or other similar reports)</p>





<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:95%;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Know
all men by these presents, that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and
appoint each of the Corporate Secretary, the Assistant Corporate Secretary, and
the Supervisor or Analyst-Corporate Plans and Records, signing singly, my true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to: </p>



<p class=MsoBlockText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(1) execute
for and on my behalf SEC Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 (including both amendments
thereto and any and all other similar reports, however hereafter known,
designated or identified) (&quot;Report&quot;) in accordance with (a) Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and (b)
Rule 144, concerning securities of Norfolk Southern&nbsp; Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company;</p>



<p class=MsoBlockText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(2) do and
perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or
desirable to complete any such Report(s) and to effect the timely filing of
such Report(s) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
with any authority, agency, exchange or other body as may be required, or
thought advisable, by my attorney-in-fact; and </p>



<p class=MsoBlockText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(3) take
any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of my attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required of, me, it being understood that the documents
executed by my attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as my
attorney-in-fact, in her or his sole discretion, may approve. </p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:95%;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I
hereby <b>[1]</b> grant to each and every
of my attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and to perform all and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I or any such attorney-in-fact might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and <b>[2]</b>
ratify and confirm all that any of
my attorneys-in-fact, or her or his substitute(s), lawfully shall do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.&nbsp; I acknowledge that each and
every of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my
request, are not assuming any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or with Rule 144.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:95%;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Unless
earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to an attorney-in-fact, as
to each such attorney-in-fact, this Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect (and shall survive, if necessary, my incapacity and/or death)
until I no longer am required to file Report(s) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect to my reportable beneficial ownership, and any other
holdings, of and transactions in securities of Norfolk Southern Corporation and
Norfolk Southern Railway Company or pursuant to Rule 144.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:95%;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 1st day of
December, 2003.</p>





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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:95%;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
/s/ Daniel D. Smith<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
______________________________<br>
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Signature</p>





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Daniel D. Smith<br>
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______________________________<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Printed/Typed Name</p>

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