MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(MARKET WIRE)--May 16, 2008 -- Claude Mongeau, CN's executive vice-president and chief financial officer, will address the Wolfe Research Transportation Conference on May 21, 2008 at 1:15 pm ET in New York City.

Mongeau will discuss CN's franchise and the company's business opportunities and prospects.

Interested investors may listen to a live audio webcast of Mongeau's presentation, and view the slides supporting his remarks, on the CN website, www.cn.ca/investors. A replay of the webcast will be available on the CN website shortly after the presentation ends.

CN (Toronto:CNR.TO - News)(NYSE:CNI - News) - Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries - 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 metropolitan areas 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. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

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