# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002138191
**File Stem:** 0001225208-26-005890
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 11514
**Document Hash:** 77fdeffdde4442a482566a21118401a4
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001225208-26-005890.hdr.sgml**: 20260609

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001225208-26-005890

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260601

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260609

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260609

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Barr Brian
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002138191

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-08339
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261075595

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 WEST PEACHTREE ST NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000702165
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING [4011]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 521188014
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** VA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 470-463-6807

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30308

## Ex-24

```

	POWER OF ATTORNEY
  	For Executing SEC Filings

The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes, and appoints each of J. Jeremy
Ballard, General Counsel Corporate and
Corporate Secretary; Joseph C. Wolfe, Assistant Corporate Secretary, and Gregory
  W. Stoffelen, Manager Shareholder
Services, or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution,
re-substitution and delegation, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney in fact (each of such persons and their substitutes and
delegees being referred to herein as the "Attorney-in-
Fact"), with full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer of Norfolk Southern Corporation (the "Company"), to:
1.	Take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to enable the
undersigned to submit and file forms, schedules,
and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
utilizing the SEC's Electronic Data
Gathering and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system, which actions may include (a)
enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next
and (b) preparing, executing, and submitting to the SEC a Form ID, amendments
thereto, and such other documents
and information as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
  enabling the undersigned to make
filings and submissions utilizing the EDGAR system;
2.	Prepare and execute any and all forms, schedules, and other documents
(including any amendments thereto) the
undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact
considers it advisable for the undersigned to
file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934 or any rule or regulation
thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Rule 144"),
including Forms 3, 4, and 5, Schedules
13D and 13G, and Forms 144 (all such forms, schedules and other documents being
referred to herein as "SEC
Filings");
3.	Submit and file SEC Filings with the SEC utilizing the EDGAR system or cause
them to be submitted and filed by a
person appointed under Section 5 below;
4.	File, submit, or otherwise deliver SEC Filings to any securities exchange on
which the Company's securities may be
listed or traded;
5.	Act as an account administrator for the undersigned's EDGAR account,
including: (i) appoint, remove, and replace
account administrators, account users, technical administrators, and delegated
entities; (ii) maintain the security of the
undersigned's EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (iii)
maintain, modify, and certify the accuracy
of information on the undersigned's EDGAR account dashboard; (iv) act as the
EDGAR point of contact with respect to
the undersigned's EDGAR account; and (v) any other actions contemplated by Rule
10 of Regulation S-T with respect
to account administrators;
6.	Cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority from any of the
undersigned's EDGAR account administrators
and, pursuant to that delegation, authorize the Company's EDGAR account
administrators to appoint, remove, or
replace users for the undersigned's EDGAR account; and
7.	Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information regarding transactions in the
Company's equity securities from any third party, including the Company and any
brokers, dealers, employee benefit
plan administrators, and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any
such third party to release any such
information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

a)	This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact
  to act in his or her discretion on
information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification
of such information;
b)	Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as the
Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
c)	Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes any liability for the
undersigned's responsibility to
comply with the requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or
Rule 144, any liability of the
undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability
of the undersigned for
disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
d)	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the
undersigned's obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
including, without limitation, the
reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

Continued on next page.

		POWER OF ATTORNEY
  For Executing SEC Filings
  Page 2

	The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite, necessary, or advisable to be done in connection with the
foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as
the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
  that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power
  of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4
or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities of the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
  to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of
Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject
matter of this Power of Attorney.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of
June 1st, 2026.

	Signature:  /s/ Brian Barr

	Print Name:  Brian Barr

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Barr Brian<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>650 W PEACHTREE ST NW<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>ATLANTA, GA 30308<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP [ NSC ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2026-06-01 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Chief Operating Officer_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock<sup>(1)</sup> | 818.0000 | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Option (right to buy, granted 2025)<sup>(2)</sup> | 2028-01-30 | 2035-01-29 | Common Stock | 286.0000 | $257.2600 | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | 2027-01-30 | 2028-01-30 | Common Stock | 818.0000<sup>(3)</sup> | <sup>(4)</sup> | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | 2027-01-30 | 2029-01-30 | Common Stock | 823.0000<sup>(5)</sup> | <sup>(4)</sup> | D |  |
| Restricted Stock Units | 2026-10-24 | 2027-10-24 | Common Stock | 1307.0000<sup>(3)</sup> | <sup>(4)</sup> | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) On June 1, 2026, the Corporation's Board of Directors elected the reporting person to his current position and designated him an "Executive Officer" for purposes of Section 16. Accordingly, this Form 3 reports the reporting person's direct and indirect holdings of Common Stock and derivative securities on the effective date of his designation.

(2) Employee stock options (right to buy) granted under the Norfolk Southern Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan.

(3) These Units will vest ratably in two annual installments.

(4) Reports the total number of Restricted Stock Units granted to the reporting person under the terms of the Norfolk Southern Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan. Each Unit is the economic equivalent of one share of Common Stock. These units will ultimately be satisfied in shares of Norfolk Southern Corporation Common Stock.

(5) These Units will vest ratably in three annual installments.

**Remarks:**
barrpoa060126.txt

**Signature:** J. Jeremy Ballard via P.O.A. for Brian Barr  
**Date:** 2026-06-09

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**