Exhibit 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the use in the registration statement (and the related prospectus
and consent solicitation statement) for the exchange of Consolidated Rail
Corporation debt securities for Norfolk Southern Railway Company debt securities
on Form S-4 of Norfolk Southern Railway Company of our report dated January 27,
2004, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Consolidated Rail
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, which report
appears herein. Our report refers to the adoption by the Company of Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations, effective January 1, 2003.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus and consent solicitation statement.

/s/ KPMG LLP                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Norfolk, Virginia                         Jacksonville, Florida
April 21, 2004                            April 21, 2004