Exhibit 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ THEODORE M. SOLSO ---------------------------------------- Theodore M. Solso Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ ROBERT J. DARNALL --------------------------------- Robert J. Darnall Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ JOHN M. DEUTCH --------------------------------- John M. Deutch Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ WALTER Y. ELISHA --------------------------------- Walter Y. Elisha Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ HANNA H. GRAY ---------------------------------- Hanna H. Gray Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ JAMES A. JOHNSON ---------------------------------- James A. Johnson Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ WILLIAM I. MILLER --------------------------------- William I. Miller Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ WILLIAM D. RUCKELSHAUS ---------------------------------- William D. Ruckelshaus Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ FRANKLIN A. THOMAS ---------------------------------- Franklin A. Thomas Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ J. LAWRENCE WILSON -------------------------------------- J. Lawrence Wilson Director POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR REGISTRATION OF QUIPS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tom Linebarger and Marya Rose, and each of them (with full power of each of them to act alone) their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-3 and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) covering the resale by the securityholders named therein of 7% Convertible Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I, 7% Junior Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Cummins Inc., Common Stock of Cummins Inc. issuable upon the conversion of the above mentioned Preferred Securities and Debentures, and a Guarantee of the Preferred Securities of Cummins Capital Trust I by Cummins Inc., and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. August 27, 2001 /s/ ALEXIS M. HERMAN ---------------------------------- Alexis M. Herman Director