EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
The Board of Directors
Norfolk Southern Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements Nos. 33-52031, 333-71321, 333-60722, 333-100936 and 333-109069 on Form S-8 and 333-119398 on Form S-3 of Norfolk Southern Corporation of our report dated January 27, 2004, except for Note 2, as to which the date is January 21, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Conrail Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2003, which report appears in the December 31, 2004, Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of Norfolk Southern Corporation. Our report refers to the adoption by Conrail Inc. of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.
/s/ KPMG LLP /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Norfolk, Virginia Jacksonville, Florida
January 13, 2006 January 13, 2006
