MONTREAL, Oct. 21, 2014 - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) will issue its third-quarter 2014 financial and operating results today, Oct. 21, 2014, at 4:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

CN's senior officers will review the results and the railway's outlook in a webcast/conference call starting at 4:30 p.m. EDT today. Claude Mongeau, CN president and chief executive officer, will lead the call.

Parties in North America who wish to participate in or listen to the third-quarter 2014 presentation and question-and-answer period by telephone should call 1-800-355-4959 or 416-641-6122 by 4:20 p.m. EDT today. Overseas parties should call global toll-free 00-800-6578-9898.

CN will webcast the presentation live and furnish slides supporting the officers' remarks via the Investors section of its website, www.cn.ca/en/investors. The slides will be posted on the website after the close of markets today. A webcast replay will be available after the call ends.

About CN
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN - Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

Contacts:

Media
Mark Hallman
Director
Communications and Public Affairs

905-669-3384

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Investment Community
Janet Drysdale
Vice-President
Investor Relations

514-399-0052

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