MONTREAL, May 18, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Jean-Jacques Ruest, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI), will participate in a panel discussion at the Wolfe Trahan & Co.'s Fifth Annual Global Transportation Conference at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on May 22, 2012, in New York City.

CN will provide live audio webcasts of Ruest's presentations via the Investors section of the company's website, www.cn.ca/investors.

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. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

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Mark Hallman 
Director 
Communications & Public Affairs
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Robert Noorigian
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