Exhibit 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, Independent Auditors


         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Independent
Auditors and Counsel" in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement (Form S-3 No. 33-2084) and related Prospectus of CSX Corporation and
to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 31, 1997
(except for Note 2, as to which the date is March 7, 1997), with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of CSX Corporation included in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 27, 1996, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Richmond, Virginia
December 3, 1997