SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 8, 2002

___________________

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia                1-8339          52-1188014    
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission     (IRS Employer
of incorporation)         File Number)  Identification No.)

Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, Virginia  23510-9241
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (757) 629-2680

No Change
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

On August 8, 2002, the Registrant sent by overnight delivery
sworn statements of its Chief Executive Officer, David R. Goode,
and Chief Financial Officer, Henry C. Wolf, for filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.  The sworn statements were
in the exact language of Exhibit A of the SEC's order and are
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION
(Registrant)

/s/ Dezora M. Martin
Name:  Dezora M. Martin
Title:  Corporate Secretary

Date:  August 8, 2002

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number 
System                       Description

99                   Statement Under Oath dated August 6, 2002, of 
Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts
and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
Filings, and

Statement Under Oath dated August 1, 2002, of
Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts 
and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
Filings.

EXHIBIT 99

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, David R. Goode, state and attest that:

(1)     To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the 
covered reports of Norfolk Southern Corporation, and, 
except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent 
covered report:

-   no covered report contained an untrue statement of a 
material fact as of the end of the period covered by 
such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or 
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it 
was filed); and

-   no covered report omitted to state a material fact 
necessary to make the statements in the covered report, 
in light of the circumstances under which they were 
made, not misleading as of the end of the period 
covered by such report (or in the case of a report on 
Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the 
date on which it was filed).

(2)     I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the 
Company's Audit Committee.

(3)     In this statement under oath, each of the following, 
if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a 
"covered report":

-   the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2001 of Norfolk Southern Corporation;

-   all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K 
and all definitive proxy materials of Norfolk Southern 
Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to 
the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

-   any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ David R Goode                               Subscribed and sworn to
David R. Goode                                  before me this 6th day of
Date:   August 6, 2002                          August, 2002.

/s/ Carole K. Johnson     
Notary Public

My Commission Expires: 
May 31, 2006

Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Henry C. Wolf, state and attest that:

(1)     To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the 
covered reports of Norfolk Southern Corporation, and, 
except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent
covered report:

-   no covered report contained an untrue statement of a 
material fact as of the end of the period covered by 
such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or 
definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it 
was filed); and

-   no covered report omitted to state a material fact 
necessary to make the statements in the covered report, 
in light of the circumstances under which they were 
made, not misleading as of the end of the period 
covered by such report (or in the case of a report on 
Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the 
date on which it was filed).

(2)     I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the 
Company's Audit Committee.

(3)     In this statement under oath, each of the following, 
if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a 
"covered report":

-   the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
December 31, 2001 of Norfolk Southern Corporation;

-   all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K 
and all definitive proxy materials of Norfolk Southern 
Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to 
the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

-   any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/ Henry C. Wolf                               Subscribed and sworn to
Henry C. Wolf                                   before me this 1st day of
Date:  August 1, 2002                           August, 2002.

/s/ Carole K. Johnson         
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:
May 31, 2006