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                     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS






The Board of Directors
Norfolk Southern Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statements
Nos. 33-44188, 33-30157, 33-556, 33-25713, and 33-52031 on Form S-8
and Registration Statement No. 33-38595 on Form S-3 of Norfolk
Southern Corporation of our report dated January 25, 1994, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Norfolk Southern Corporation
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity,
and cash flows and the related consolidated financial statement
schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1993, which report appears in the December 31, 1993
annual report on Form 10-K of Norfolk Southern Corporation.






                             /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick     





Norfolk, Virginia
March 25, 1994