<DOCUMENT> <TYPE>4 <SEQUENCE>1 <FILENAME>e12hdlx4.txt <DESCRIPTION>HENRY D. LIGHT FORM 4 <TEXT> <TABLE> FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). <CAPTION> 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement 5. If Amendment, Person Ticker or Trading Security for Date of Symbol Number of Month/Year Original Reporting Person (Month/Year) (Voluntary) <S> <C> <C> <C> <C> Light, Henry D. Norfolk Southern Corporation 12-10-2002 (NSC) Three Commercial Place Norfolk, VA 23510-2191 <CAPTION> 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) _Director _10% Owner _Officer (give title below) _Other (specify below) <C> <C> <C> <C> X Senior Vice President-Law <CAPTION> 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting [X] Form Filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially owned 1. Title of 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities aquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of Indirect Security action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Ship Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 3) Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: (Instr. 4) (Instr. Owned at Direct (Month/ 8) (A) End of Month (D) or Day/ or (Instr. 3 Indirect Year) Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (I) <S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> Common Stock 13,833 D (a) Common Stock 16 I Wife, Angelica Light (b) Common Stock 990 I Wife, Angelica Light (IRA) (b) <CAPTION> Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertable securities) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Title of Con- Trans- Trans- Number of Date exer- Title and Amount Price Number Owner- Nature Derivative version action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of of Ship of Security or Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Deriv- Deriv- Form Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative ative of Bene- Price of 8) or Disposed (Month/ Secu- Secu- Deriv- ficial Deriv- of (D) Day/Year) rity rities ative Owner- ative (Instr. 3, (Instr. Bene- Secu- ship Security 4 and 5) 5) fically rity: (Instr. Owned Direct 4) at end (D) or ( Amount of Indi- Month/ C Date Expi- or Month rect Day/ O Exer- ra- Number (Instr. (I) Year D cis- tion of 4) (Instr. ) E V (A) (D) able Date Title Shares 4) <S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> Deferred Stock Units 12-10 A 159.776 Common Stock 159.7768 $19.715 4,498.8 D -2002 8 506 (c) (c) (c) </TABLE> Explanation of responses: a. Includes 7,369 shares, 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 December 10, 2002, the last date on which a formal statement was available, 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. b. Held by wife, Angelica Light. The inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be construed as an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these shares. c. Reports the number of deferred stock units credited to the account of the reporting person on the basis of the market value of the Common Stock on the dividend payment date. These deferred units ultimately will be satisfied in cash, not in shares of Common Stock. Signature of Reporting Person: /s/D. M. Martin via POA for Henry D. Light -------------------------------------------------- D. M. Martin via POA for Henry D. Light </TEXT> </DOCUMENT>