CN's senior vice-president, Marketing, to address the Scotia Capital Transportation & Infrastructure Conference May 5

MONTREAL, April 30, 2009 — Jean-Jacques Ruest, CN's senior vice-president, Marketing, will address the Scotia Capital Transportation & Infrastructure Conference at 11:25 a.m. Eastern time May 5, 2009, in Toronto.

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

CN will provide a live audio webcast of Ruest's presentation and supply slides supporting his remarks via the Investors section of the company's website, www.cn.ca/investors.

About CN

CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) – 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, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

Contacts

Media

Bryan Tucker
Senior Manager
Public Affairs and Media Relations
Phone: 514-399-6450

Investment Community

Robert Noorigian
Vice-president
Investor Relations
Phone: 514-399-0052