CN to address Scotia Capital Industrials and Transportation Conference

    News Editors

    MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2005--Ed Harris, CN's executive vice-president, operations, will address the Scotia Capital Industrials and Transportation Conference at 12.30 p.m. Eastern time (ET) on May 17, 2005.

    Harris will discuss CN's performance, strategy, initiatives and outlook in his presentation to the conference at Le Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel in Toronto.

    CN will supply an audio broadcast of Harris's remarks, along with slides supporting his presentation, via the Investors' section of its website, www.cn.ca/investors. The slides will be posted on the company's website at noon ET May 17. To view the slides and listen to the webcast, click on Analyst Presentations.

    CN will archive the slides and a recording of Harris's remarks on its website until May 31, 2005.

    Canadian National Railway Company spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.



    www.cn.ca

    Canadian National Railway Company (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI)

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CONTACT: CN Mark Hallman (Media) System Director, Media Relations (905) 669-3384 OR CN Robert Noorigian (Investment Community) Vice-President, Investor Relations (514) 399-0052

KEYWORD: NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CANADA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TRANSPORTATION SOURCE: Canadian National Railway Company

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