CN's executive vice-president, Sales and Marketing, to address the RBC Capital Markets Passport 2008 Transportation Conference on September 10

MONTREAL, Sept. 4, 2008 — Jim Foote, CN's executive vice-president, Sales and Marketing, will address the RBC Capital Markets Passport 2008 Transportation Conference on September 10, 2008 at 9:45 a.m. ET in Toronto.

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

Interested investors may listen to a live audio webcast of Foote'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.

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.

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