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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
702165	Norfolk Southern Corp	NSC	Railroads, Line-Haul Operating (4011)	521188014

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1186073	W Charles Moorman	Three Commercial Place Norfolk VA 23510	President, Chairman & Ceo	Yes	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-08-06	25,459	$22.02	265,055	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-08-06	25,459	$74.76	239,596	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Option (granted 2004)	Disposition	2012-08-06	25,459	$0.00	25,459	$22.02

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
0	2005-01-30	2014-01-29	No	4	M	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	66,790	Indirect	By GRATs
Common Stock	2,518	Indirect	By 401(k) Plan

Footnotes

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $74.72 to $74.80, inclusive.
Excludes 66,790.2134 shares held indirectly in grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs), of which 3,370.2134 are dividend reinvestment shares accumulated in the name of the GRATs.
Represents the approximate number of whole shares of Common Stock estimated -- on the basis of the unit accounting system used by the Plan Administrator -- as of August 6, 2012, to have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Norfolk Southern Corporation Thrift and Investment Plan (TIP), a trusteed 401(k) plan. In accordance with TIP's terms applicable to all participants, acquisitions were made at various times and at various prices.
Reflects exercise and resulting cancellation of stock option, in a single transaction, exempt from Section 16(b). The stock option was granted under the Long-Term Incentive Plan (a Rule 16b-3 plan).