Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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              KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned
officers and directors of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia Corporation, which is to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C., a Form 10-K
(Annual Report), hereby constitutes and appoints Paul R. Goodwin and Ellen M.
Fitzsimmons his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his
name, place and stead to sign said Form 10-K, and any and all amendments
thereto, with power where appropriate to affix the corporate seal of CSX
Corporation thereto and to attest said seal, and to file said Form 10-K, and any
and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands
this 25th day of February, 2003


/s/ Elizabeth E. Bailey                     /s/ David M. Ratcliffe
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Elizabeth E. Bailey                         David M. Ratcliffe

/s/ Robert L. Burrus, Jr.                   /s/ Charles E. Rice
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Robert L. Burrus, Jr.                       Charles E. Rice

/s/ Bruce C. Gottwald                       /s/ William C. Richardson
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Bruce C. Gottwald                           William C. Richardson

/s/ John R. Hall                            /s/ Frank S. Royal
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John R. Hall                                Frank S. Royal

/s/ Edward J. Kelly, III                    /s/ Michael J. Ward
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Edward J. Kelly, III                        Michael J. Ward

/s/ Robert D. Kunisch                       /s/ Paul R. Goodwin
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Robert D. Kunisch                           Paul R. Goodwin

/s/ James W. McGlothlin                     /s/ Carolyn T. Sizemore
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James W. McGlothlin                         Carolyn T. Sizemore

/s/ Southwood J. Morcott
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Southwood J. Morcott