Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the “Corporation”), hereby constitute and appoint James A. Squires, Vanessa Allen Sutherland and Clyde H. Allison, Jr. (with full power to each of them to act alone), his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for him/her and on his/her behalf and in his/her name, place and stead, in all cases with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any hand and all capacities, to sign, execute and affix his/her seal to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority) on behalf of the Corporation a Registration Statement on Form S-4, and all amendments or supplements thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, and grants to each of them full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes as he/she himself/herself might or could do if personally present, 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, each of the undersigned directors has hereunto set his/her hand, as of the date specified.

Signatures	Title	Date
/s/    Thomas D. Bell, Jr.         Thomas D. Bell, Jr.	Director	July 24, 2020
/s/    Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.         Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    Marcela E. Donadio         Marcela E. Donadio	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    John C. Huffard, Jr.          John C. Huffard, Jr.	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    Christopher T. Jones         Christopher T. Jones	Director	July 23, 2020
/s/    Thomas C. Kelleher         Thomas C. Kelleher	Director	July 22, 2020

/s/    Steven F. Leer         Steven F. Leer	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    Michael D. Lockhart         Michael D. Lockhart	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    Amy E. Miles         Amy E. Miles	Director	July 22, 2020
/s/    Claude Mongeau         Claude Mongeau	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    Jennifer F. Scanlon         Jennifer F. Scanlon	Director	July 21, 2020
/s/    John R. Thompson         John R. Thompson	Director	July 22, 2020