SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LIGHT HENRY D (Last) (First) (Middle) THREE COMMERCIAL PLACE (Street) NORFOLK VA 23510 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP [ NSC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President - Law
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/28/2005
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/28/2005		A(1)		4,822	A	(1)	35,144	D
Common Stock	01/28/2005		A(2)		5,400	A	(2)	40,554	D
Common Stock								8,099(3)	I	By 401(k) Plan
Common Stock								16(4)	I	Wife, Angelica Light
Common Stock								990(4)	I	Wife, Angelica Light (IRA)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy) granted 2005	$34.1	01/28/2005		A(5)		9,000		01/28/2008(5)	01/27/2015	Common Stock	9,000	(5)	9,000	D
Restricted Stock Units	(6)	01/28/2005		A(6)		3,600(6)		(6)	(6)	Common Stock	3,600	(6)	16,600	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares earned by the reporting person under the formula-based performance share feature of the Corporation's Long-Term Incentive Plan (a Rule 16b-3 plan).

2. The reporting person was awarded 5,400 shares of restricted stock under the Long-Term Incentive Plan (a Rule 16b-3 plan) on January 28, 2005. These shares will be distributed to the reporting person on the earlier of expiration of the restriction period or January 28, 2010.

3. Represents the approximate number of whole shares of Common Stock estimated -- on the basis of the unit accounting system used by the Plan Administrator -- as of January 31, 2005, to have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Norfolk Southern Corporation Thrift and Investment Plan (TIP), a trusteed 401(k) plan. In accordance with TIP's terms applicable to all participants, acquisitions were made at various times and at various prices.

4. Held by wife, Angelica Light. The inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be construed as an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these shares.

5. Reports the grant to the reporting person of option to purchase 9,000 shares of common stock under the Norfolk Southern Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (a Rule 16b-3 plan). The options may be exercisable in certain cases after January 28, 2006, if the reporting person retires.

6. Reports the number of Restricted Stock Units, exempt under Section 16b(3), granted and credited to the account of the reporting person on January 28, 2005, under the terms of the Norfolk Southern Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Plan. These Units ultimately will be satisfied in cash, not in shares of common stock, upon expiration of the restriction period or on January 28, 2010, whichever is earlier.

Remarks:

	D. M. Martin, via P.O.A. for Henry D. Light	02/01/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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