Norfolk Southern Extends Registered Exchange Offer to May 23

Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC announced that it has extended the expiration date of its offer to exchange up to $595,504,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.837% Notes due 2041 (the "4.837% Exchange Notes") registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for an equal amount of its privately placed 4.837% Notes due 2041 (the "4.837% Original Notes"), and up to $4,492,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.00% Senior Notes due 2111 (the "6.00% Exchange Notes") registered under the Securities Act, for an equal amount of its privately placed 6.00% Senior Notes due 2111 (the "6.00% Original Notes" and, together with the 4.837% Original Notes, the "Original Notes"). The exchange offer, which was scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 16, 2012, will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 23, 2012, unless further extended, to allow holders of the outstanding Original Notes additional time to tender in the exchange offer.