<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-20-011127.txt : 20200901
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20200901163959
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-20-011127
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200901
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200901
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200901

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sanborn Cynthia M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001633997

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08339
		FILM NUMBER:		201154837

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 WATER STREET
		CITY:			JACKSONVILLE
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32202

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000702165
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING [4011]
		IRS NUMBER:				521188014
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE COMMERCIAL PL
		CITY:			NORFOLK
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23510-2191
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7576292680

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE COMMERCIAL PL
		CITY:			NORFOLK
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23510-2191
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    <periodOfReport>2020-09-01</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000702165</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NSC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001633997</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sanborn Cynthia M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>THREE COMMERCIAL PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NORFOLK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>VA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>23510</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; Chief Operating Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>poasanborn.txt  The reporting person was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation effective September 1, 2020.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Denise W. Hutson via P.O.A. for Cynthia M. Sanborn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2020-09-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poasanborn.txt
<TEXT>





POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing SEC Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144
(and/or other similar reports)


Know all men by these presents, that I, the undersigned, hereby constitute and
appoint Denise W. Hutson, the Corporate Secretary and Kinsha O. Swain, the
Assistant Corporate Secretary, signing singly, my true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(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) ("Report") 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  Corporation;

(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

(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.

I hereby [1] 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 [2]
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.  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.

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 or
pursuant to Rule 144.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 1st
day of September, 2020.


/s/Cynthia M. Sanborn
Signature

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