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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 4th
day of December, 1996.


Name


Elizabeth E. Bailey
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/s/ Elizabeth E. Bailey
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 4th
day of December, 1996.


Name


ROBERT L. BURRUS, JR.
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/s/ ROBERT L. BURRUS, JR.
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this ___
day of December, 1996.

Name


BRUCE C. GOTTWALD
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/s/ BRUCE C. GOTTWALD
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 5th
day of December, 1996.


Name


JOHN R. HALL
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/s/ JOHN R. HALL
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 4th
day of December, 1996.


Name


ROBERT D. KUNISCH
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/s/ ROBERT D. KUNISCH
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 5th
day of December, 1996.


Name


HUGH L. McCOLL, JR.
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/s/ HUGH L. McCOLL, JR.
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 5th
day of December, 1996.


Name


JAMES W. McGLOTHLIN
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/s/ JAMES W. McGLOTHLIN
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 3rd
day of December, 1996.


Name


SOUTHWOOD J. MORCOTT
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/s/ SOUTHWOOD J. MORCOTT
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 4th
day of December, 1996.


Name


Charles E. Rice
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/s/ Charles E. Rice
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 4th
day of December, 1996.


Name


William G. Richardson
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/s/ William G. Richardson
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 4th
day of December, 1996.


Name


Frank S. Royal
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/s/ Frank S. Royal
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this ___
day of December, 1996.


Name


John W. Snow
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/s/ John W. Snow
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, James L. Ross, Alan A. Rudnick
and Peter J. Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint
Proxy Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued
as described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 3rd
day of December, 1996.


Name


Paul R. Goodwin
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/s/ Paul R. Goodwin
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Signature



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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer or director
of CSX CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Mark G. Aron, Alan A. Rudnick and Peter J.
Shudtz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead to sign and file Joint Proxy
Statement/Registration Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, registering securities of the Corporation which may be issued as
described therein in connection with the proposed merger involving CSX
Corporation and Conrail Inc., with power to sign and file any amendment or
amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto, with all exhibits
thereto and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto such 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 or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 8th
day of January 1997.


Name


     James L. Ross
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/s/ James L. Ross
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Signature