Exhibit 23.2

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the use in the registration statement No. 333-114795 (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
May 20, 2004                              May 20, 2004