EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


               KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS that the each of the  undersigned
officers  and  directors  of  CSX  CORPORATION,   a  Virginia  corporation  (the
"Corporation"),  hereby  constitutes and appoints Ellen M. Fitzsimmons,  Alan A.
Rudnick,  Peter  J.  Shudtz  and  Gregory  R.  Weber,  and  each of them  acting
individually,  his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and  stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign and file a  registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  under
the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  registering
securities of the  Corporation  which may be issued  pursuant to The  Greenbrier
Savings and Investment Plan and Trust, with power to sign and file any amendment
or amendments,  including  post-effective  amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other  documents in connection  with  therewith,  hereby
granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  and each of them, full power
and  authority  to do and  perform  each and every act and thing  requisite  and
necessary  or desirable  to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or any of them, or
their  substitutes  or his  substitute,  may  lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

               IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each of the  undersigned  has executed this
Power of Attorney this 8th day of December, 1999.








/s/JOHN W. SNOW
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               John W. Snow

/s/PAUL R. GOODWIN
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               Paul R. Goodwin

/s/JAMES L. ROSS
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               James L. Ross

/s/ELIZABETH E. BAILEY
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               Elizabeth E. Bailey

/s/H. FURLONG BALDWIN
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               H. Furlong Baldwin

/s/CLAUDE S. BRINEGAR
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               Claude S. Brinegar

/s/ROBERT L. BURRUS, JR.
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               Robert L. Burrus, Jr.

/s/BRUCE C. GOTTWALD
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               Bruce C. Gottwald




/s/JOHN R. HALL
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               John R. Hall

/s/E. BRADLEY JONES
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               E. Bradley Jones

/s/ROBERT D. KUNISCH
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               Robert D. Kunisch

/s/JAMES W. MCGLOTHLIN
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               James W. McGlothlin

/s/SOUTHWOOD J. MORCOTT
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               Southwood J. Morcott

/s/CHARLES E. RICE
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               Charles E. Rice

/s/WILLIAM C. RICHARDSON
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               William C. Richardson

/s/FRANK S. ROYAL, M.D.
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               Frank S. Royal, M.D.