<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-24-008150.txt : 20240822
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240822131202
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-24-008150
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240820
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240822
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240822

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Davidson Phillip S
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001893761
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08339
		FILM NUMBER:		241231234

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		825 TOWN & COUNTRY LANE, SUITE 1500
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77024

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000702165
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING [4011]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				521188014
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
		BUSINESS PHONE:		470-463-6807

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30308
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    <periodOfReport>2024-08-20</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000702165</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NSC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001893761</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Davidson Phillip S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>650 W PEACHTREE ST NW</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30308</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>0</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2024-08-20</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>6.3047</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>241.3150</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>6.3047</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1133.2811</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reports the number of restricted stock units credited to the reporting person's account in the Norfolk Southern Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan in the form of dividend equivalent payments on restricted stock units held under the plan, calculated on the basis of the market value of the corporation's common stock on the dividend payment date. These units ultimately will be satisfied in common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>davidsonpoa72224.txt, davidsonpoa72224.pdf</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph C. Wolfe via P.O.A. for Philip S. Davidson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-08-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>davidsonpoa72224.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 each of the Corporate Secretary and
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 22 day of July, 2024.


				/s/ Philip S. Davidson
                                 Signature


	                        Philip S. Davidson
				Printed/Typed Name

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