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  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000702165
  NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
  001-08339
  650 W PEACHTREE STREET NW
  ATLANTA
  GA
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  470-463-6807
  Shaw Alan H.
  Officer
  Director
  Norfolk Southern Corporation Common Stock
  Merrill Lynch
  208 Golden Oak Court Suite, 400
  Virginia Beach
  VA
  23452
  2000
  448231.06
  227782202
  03/01/2023
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  Common Stock
  01/25/2020
  Options Exercised/Earned
  Norfolk Southern Corporation Common Stock
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  01/25/2020
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  01/25/2021
  Options Exercised/Earned
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