CN's Claude Mongeau to address National Bank Financial Transportation & Logistics Conference on March 21

MONTREAL, March 16, 2006 — Claude Mongeau, executive vice-president and chief financial officer of CN will address the National Bank Financial Transportation & Logistics Conference on Tuesday March 21, 2006, at 2.30 p.m. Eastern time (ET) in Toronto, Ontario.

Mongeau will discuss CN's business model, strategy, opportunities and financial performance.

CN will webcast Mongeau's remarks live and supply slides supporting his presentation via the Investor's section of its website. The slides will be posted at 2 p.m. ET March 21 and will be archived on CN's website until April 4, 2006. To access the slides and webcast on March 21, please click on Analyst Presentations.

ABOUT CN

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.

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