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                                                                 EXHIBIT (a)(10)


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACTS:
         Conrail Inc.           Abernathy MacGregor Group
         Craig MacQueen         Joele Frank/Dan Katcher
         (215) 209-4594         (212) 371-5999



              HEARING SCHEDULED ON PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION MOTION

         Philadelphia, PA, (October 24, 1996)--Conrail Inc. [NYSE:CRR] 
announced today that the United States District Court for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania has scheduled a hearing for November 12, 1996 
on Norfolk Southern Corp.'s [NYSE:NSC] request for a preliminary
injunction. Conrail again stated that Norfolk Southern's claims are entirely
without merit.


        Conrail, with corporate headquarters in Philadelphia, PA, operates an
11,000-mile rail freight network in 12 northeastern and midwestern states, the
District of Columbia, and the Province of Quebec.