<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>SUPPLEMENTAL
BENEFIT PLAN</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>OF</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>AND</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>PARTICIPATING
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(As
amended effective January 1, 2009)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>





<p class=MsoNormal><u>ARTICLE  I.</u>    <u>INTRODUCTION</u></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>This
Supplemental Benefit Plan ("Plan"), formerly the Excess Benefit Plan,
was established by Norfolk Southern Corporation effective June 1, 1982,
("Effective Date") to provide retirement benefits to eligible
employees in excess of those provided for by the Retirement Plan of Norfolk
Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies.  This Plan is the
successor to and supersedes, as of the Effective Date, the following plans:</p>



<ul>
	<li>
	<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.0in;text-indent:-.25in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0' align="left">    
Excess Benefit Plan
of Norfolk and Western Railway Company</p></li>
	<li>
	<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.0in;text-indent:-.25in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>    
Southern Railway
System Supplemental Retirement Plan</p></li>

	<li>
	<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.0
	in;text-indent:-.25in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>     Norfolk and Western Railway Company Executives
Contingent Compensation Plan Pension Resolution</p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">            The
Plan, as hereby amended and restated, is effective with respect to supplemental
benefits that were earned or vested (within the meaning of Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code) on or after January 1, 2005.  Supplemental benefits
earned and vested (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code) before January 1, 2005, and any subsequent increase that is permitted to
be included in such benefits under Section 409A (collectively, the
"Grandfathered Amounts"), remain subject to the terms of the Plan as in effect
on October 3, 2004.  For recordkeeping purposes, NSC will account separately
for the Grandfathered Amounts.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><u>ARTICLE II.</u>   
<u>DEFINITIONS</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0
 style='border-collapse:collapse' width="713">
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Average Final
  Compensation</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Compensation
  as defined in Article II of the Retirement Plan.</p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Compensation Committee</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">The Compensation
  Committee of the Board of Directors of NSC.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Conrail Plan</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Supplemental
  Pension Plan of Consolidated Rail Corporation.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Deferred
  Compensation</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amounts the
  receipt of which a Participant elects to defer under the:</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Deferred
  Compensation Plan of Norfolk and Western Railway Company</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Southern
  Railway System Executive, General or Middle Management Incentive Plan</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Norfolk Southern Corporation Management
  Incentive Plan</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Norfolk Southern Corporation Executive
  Management Incentive Plan</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Norfolk Southern Corporation Officers'
  Deferred Compensation Plan</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Norfolk Southern Corporation Executives'
  Deferred Compensation Plan</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.15pt; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Member</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">A person
  entitled to participate in the Retirement Plan.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">NSC    </p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Norfolk
  Southern Corporation, a Virginia corporation.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">NW Pension
  Resolutions</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Resolutions
  adopted by the Board of Directors of Norfolk and Western Railway Company at
  its meetings held on January 23, 1968, June 24, 1969, November 25, 1969, January
  26, 1971, and April 23, 1974, authorizing the respective payments of
  additional pension benefits to five Members.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Participant</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">A Member of
  the Retirement Plan who is eligible to participate under Article III.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Participating
  Subsidiary</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Each subsidiary
  or affiliated company of NSC which is a Participating Subsidiary in the
  Retirement Plan shall automatically participate in the Plan.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Retirement
  Plan</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Retirement
  Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Separation from
  Service</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">A
  Participant's "separation from service" within the meaning of Section 409A of
  the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.</p>
		<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td valign=top style='width:169px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>Specified
  Employee</p></td>
		<td valign=top style='width:516px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p class=MsoNormal>An officer of
  NSC or of any company controlled by or under common control with NSC within
  the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (including NSC, an "NSC
  Company") with annual compensation greater than $130,000 indexed), a five
  percent (5%) owner of an NSC Company, or a one percent (1%) owner of an NSC
  Company with annual compensation greater than $150,000 (not indexed),
  determined in each case in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
  Code.  If all NSC Companies have (in the aggregate) more than 50 officers
  whose annual compensation exceeds $130,000 (indexed), only the 50 officers with the greatest annual compensation shall be
  considered "Specified Employees." If an individual meets the definition of
  "Specified Employee" at any time during a calendar year, the individual shall
  be a "Specified Employee" during the 12-month period beginning on the
  following April 1.  For purposes of this definition, annual compensation
  shall be determined on the basis of Internal Revenue Service Form W-2, Wage
  and Tax Statement, excluding foreign compensation.</p></td>
	</tr>
</table>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u>ARTICLE III.</u>  <u>ELIGIBILITY AND PAYMENTS</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>1.         The following Members of the
Retirement Plan shall be eligible to participate in the Plan on or after the
Effective Date:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(a)        Any Member of the Retirement
Plan whose benefit computed under Article VI of the Retirement Plan without regard
to the maximum limitation on benefits imposed by Section 415 of the Internal
Revenue Code exceeds such maximum limitation on benefits;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(b)        Any Member of the Retirement
Plan whose benefit computed under Article VI of the Retirement Plan disregards
amounts of Deferred Compensation in the computation of his Average Final
Compensation;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(c)        Any Member of the Retirement
Plan entitled to receive a pension benefit, in excess of the benefit computed
under the provisions of the Retirement Plan, pursuant to an NW Pension
Resolution;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(d)        Any Member of the Retirement
Plan entitled to receive a pension benefit, in excess of the benefit computed
under the provisions of the Retirement Plan, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of NSC;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(e)       
Any Member of the Retirement Plan whose Compensation exceeds the limitation
contained in Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code; </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(f)        
Any Member protected by the Pension Benefits Standard Act of Canada whose
benefit computed under Article VI of the Retirement Plan exceeds $60,000; or</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(g)        Any Member of the Retirement
Plan entitled to receive a pension benefit in excess of the benefit computed
under the provisions of the Retirement Plan, pursuant to the provisions of any
agreement between a Participant and NSC providing benefits upon
"Termination" of a Participant's employment following a "Change
in Control" (as the terms "Termination" and "Change in
Control" are defined in any such agreement).</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>2.         Any participant of the Excess
Benefit Plan of Norfolk and Western Railway Company or the Southern Railway
System Supplemental Retirement Plan or any individual covered by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company Executive Contingent Compensation Plan Pension
Resolution, dated September 24, 1968, shall become a Participant on the
Effective Date.  Any participant in the Consolidated Rail Corporation
Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan who transfers employment to NSC from
Consolidated Rail Corporation on or before August 22, 2001 shall become a
Participant on the effective date of his or her transfer.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>3.         Subject to Section 5 of this
Article III, a Participant's benefit shall commence on the later of the last
day of the month in which a Participant turns age 55 or the Participant's
Separation from Service.  Unless the Participant elects a different form of
annuity under Section 4 of this Article III, the Participant's supplemental
benefit shall be paid as a single life annuity if the Participant is single on
the benefit commencement date, and shall be paid as a joint and 50% survivor
annuity with the Participant's spouse as the survivor annuitant if the
Participant is married on the benefit commencement date.  </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>4.         At any time before a
Participant's benefit commencement date, the Participant may change the form of
payment for the Participant's supplemental benefit from one life annuity to
another actuarially-equivalent life annuity (within the meaning of Section 409A
of the Internal Revenue Code) commencing at the same time, or may change the
designated survivor annuitant, provided, however, that if the Participant's
benefit under this Plan and the Retirement Plan are to commence at the same
time (disregarding any six-month delay under Section V of this Article III), a
Participant may not elect a form of payment or a designated survivor annuitant
for the Participant's supplemental benefit that is a different form of payment
or designated survivor annuitant than the Participant has elected under the
Retirement Plan.  Any change in the Participant's form of annuity or survivor
annuitant shall be subject to any spousal consent requirement that would have
applied if the election had been made under the Retirement Plan.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>5.         If a Participant is a
Specified Employee on the date of his or
her Separation from Service, the Participant's supplemental benefit shall not
commence or be paid earlier than six months after the date of the
Participant's Separation from Service.  Any payments that otherwise would have
been made during the six-month period shall be paid in a lump sum, without
interest, on the last day of the first month that begins after the six-month
period.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><u>ARTICLE IV.</u>  <u>SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>1.         A Participant shall, upon the
Participant's benefit commencement date, be entitled to receive a monthly
benefit equal to the excess of</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(a)        the monthly benefit under
Article VI of the Retirement Plan if such benefit had been payable at the same
time and in the same form as the Participant's supplemental benefit, and had
been computed</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(i)                   
without regard to the limitation imposed by Section 415 of the Internal Revenue
Code and provided for in Section 1 of Article VII of the Retirement Plan, in
Section 7.4 of the Conrail Plan and in Section 7.4 of the Retirement Plan of
Consolidated Rail Corporation;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(ii)                   
without regard to the limitation of Compensation imposed by Section 401(a)(17)
of the Internal Revenue Code;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(iii)                   without regard to the
$60,000 limitation on benefits payable to Members protected by the Pension
Benefits Standard Act of Canada;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(iv)                   without regard to the
minimum benefit provided for in Section 13 of Article VI of the Retirement Plan
provided, however, that this paragraph (iv) shall be effective only with
respect to benefits accrued after April 30, 2005, and further provided that in
no event shall the benefit payable under this plan be greater than the benefit
that would have been payable if Section 13 of the Retirement Plan had continued
to apply as in effect on April 30, 2005;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(v)                 
  by
including in the calculation of Average Monthly Final Compensation amounts of
Deferred Compensation, if any;  </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>
(vi)                   by including service credits and applying any offsets
provided for under any NW Pension Resolution, if any; </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(vii)                  by including the
service credits and compensation to which a Participant is entitled pursuant to
the provisions of any agreement providing the benefits described in Article
III, Section 1(g), hereof; and</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(viii)                 by excluding the
Additional Retirement Benefit provided under Article VI of the Retirement Plan,
as set forth in Schedule A of the Retirement Plan, over</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.5in'>(b)        the sum of</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(i)                    the monthly benefit
that would actually have been payable under the Retirement Plan if the benefit
had been paid at the same time and in the same form as the Participant's
supplemental benefit; and</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'>(ii)                    the monthly
benefit (or actuarial equivalent thereof if payable in a lump sum) that would
actually have been payable under the Consolidated Rail Corporation Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan or its successor plan if the benefit had been paid at
the same time and in the same form as the Participant's supplemental benefit.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>2.         A Participant shall, upon the
Participant's benefit commencement date, be entitled to receive a monthly
benefit, in excess of the benefit that would otherwise be payable under the
Retirement Plan if the benefit had been paid at the same time and in the same
form as the Participant's supplemental benefit, and in addition to any amount
payable pursuant to Section 1 of this Article IV, in an amount so provided by a
resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of NSC, if any.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>3.         If a Participant dies after
the benefit commencement date for the supplemental benefit, any survivorship
option which has been elected or is in force under Article III of the Plan at
the time of a Participant's death shall determine the benefit paid to the
Participant's surviving spouse or other beneficiary.  If a Participant dies
before the benefit commencement date for the supplemental benefit, the
Participant's surviving spouse shall receive an annuity for the life of the
surviving spouse, commencing on the later of the last day of the month in which
the Participant would have reached age 55 or the last day of the  month in
which the Participant died, calculated using the method set forth in Section 1
of this Article IV, but substituting the corresponding survivor benefit under
the Retirement Plan for the Participant's retirement benefit.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>4.          A payment is treated as being
made on the date when it is due under the Plan if the payment is made on the
due date specified by the Plan, or on a later date that is either (i) in
the same calendar year (for a payment whose specified due date is on or before
September 30), or (ii) by the 15th day of the third calendar month
following the date specified by the Plan (for a payment whose specified due
date is on or after October 1).  A payment also is treated as being made on the
date when it is due under the Plan if the payment is made not more than 30 days
before the due date specified by the Plan, provided that a payment under
Section 5 of Article III shall not be made earlier than six months after a
Specified Employee's Separation From Service.  A Participant or beneficiary may
not, directly or indirectly, designate the taxable year of a payment made in
reliance on the administrative rules in this paragraph.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><u>ARTICLE V.</u>   <u>FUNDING</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
benefits under the Plan shall be paid in cash from the general funds of NSC or
its Participating Subsidiary, and no special or separate fund shall be
established or other segregation of assets made to assure such payments. 
Nothing contained in the Plan shall create or be construed to create a trust of
any kind. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments
under the terms of the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of
an unsecured creditor of NSC or its Participating Subsidiary.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>
<u>ARTICLE VI.</u>  <u>ADMINISTRATION</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>1.         The Plan shall be administered
by the Compensation Committee, which is composed of three or more NSC directors
appointed by the NSC Board who are not eligible to participate in the Plan and
who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.  Each member of the Compensation Committee,
while serving as such, shall be considered to be acting in his capacity as a
director of NSC.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>2.         The Compensation Committee
shall from time to time adopt rules and regulations determined to be necessary
to insure the effective implementation of the Plan.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>3.         The Compensation Committee
shall have the power to interpret the Plan.  Any disputed question arising
under the Plan, including questions of construction and interpretation, shall
be determined conclusively and finally by the Compensation Committee.</p>
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<u>ARTICLE VII.</u> 
<u>RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;page-break-after:
avoid'>1.         Participants in
the Plan shall have only those rights in respect of the Plan specifically set
forth herein.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>2.         This Plan shall not be deemed
to constitute a contract between NSC or any Participating Company and any
Participant or surviving spouse of a deceased Participant, nor shall it be
construed to be consideration for or an inducement or condition of the
employment of any Participant.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
give any Participant the right to continued employment.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'>3.         Benefits payable hereunder
shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or charge, and any attempt to accomplish any
of these mentioned acts shall be void.  Benefits shall not be subjected to
attachment or other legal process or debts of the retired Participant or
surviving spouse.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>4.         The Plan is intended, and shall be construed, to comply with
the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.  NSC does not
warrant that the Plan will comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code with respect to any Participant or with respect to any payment, however. 
In no event shall NSC, its officers, directors, employees, parents,
subsidiaries, or affiliates be liable for any additional tax, interest, or
penalty incurred by a Participant or beneficiary as a result of the Plan's
failure to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue
Code, or as a result of the Plan's failure to satisfy any other applicable
requirements for the deferral of tax.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><u>ARTICLE VIII.</u>  <u>AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATIONS</u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>The
Plan may be amended at any time, and retroactively, if deemed necessary or
appropriate, by any proper officer of NSC to effect changes which are, in his
or her sole discretion, ministerial, substantively administrative, or necessary
to comply with statutory or other legally mandated requirements, and the
implementation of which does not result in a material cost to NSC.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>            The
Board or Directors of NSC, in its sole discretion, may at any time modify or
amend any provisions of the Plan or may suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole
or in part, but no such action shall retroactively impair or otherwise
adversely affect the rights of any person to benefits under the Plan which have
accrued prior to the date of such action, as determined by the Compensation Committee.
</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>            In
no event shall a termination of the Plan accelerate the distribution of amounts
accrued or vested under the Plan in calendar year 2005 and succeeding years,
except to the extent permitted in regulations or other guidance under Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code and expressly provided in the resolution
terminating the Plan.</p>



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