Exhibit 12, Page 1 of 1
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
($ in millions)
	Year ended December 31,
	2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
EARNINGS
Income from continuing operations before income taxes as reported	$	2,750	$	2,237	$	2,230	$	1,697	$	1,289
Add (subtract):
Total interest expenses (as detailed below)		491		520		548		552		567
Amortization of capitalized interest		6		6		5		5		5
Income of partially owned entities (1)		(40)		(57)		(48)		(61)		(58)
Total earnings	$	3,207	$	2,706	$	2,735	$	2,193	$	1,803
FIXED CHARGES
Interest expense on debt	$	444	$	441	$	476	$	494	$	489
Interest expense on unrecognized tax benefit		(15)		12		--		--		--
Other interest expense		17		15		17		6		18
Calculated interest portion of rent expense		45		52		55		52		45
NS' share of Conrail interest		--		--		--		--		15
Total interest expenses		491		520		548		552		567
Capitalized interest		15		14		13		11		10
Total fixed charges	$	506	$	534	$	561	$	563	$	577
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		6.34		5.07		4.88		3.90		3.12

(1) Includes: (a) the distributed income of equity investees, net of equity earnings included in income from continuing operations before income taxes as reported and the minority income of consolidated entities which have fixed charges; and, for the periods before the Conrail Corporate Reorganization, (b) NS' share of Conrail's income before income taxes, net of equity in earnings of Conrail included in NS' income from continuing operations before taxes as reported.

The computations do not include $0.3 million of interest expense related to $7.8 million of debt guaranteed for a less than 50% owned entity.