Media advisory - JJ Ruest, CN executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, to address Cowen and Company Transportation & Aerospace/Defense Conference on Sept. 3, 2014

MONTREAL, Aug. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - JJ Ruest, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of CN CNR CNI, will address the Cowen and Company 7^th Annual Global Transportation & Aerospace/Defense Conference in Boston, MA, on Sept. 3, 2014, starting at 1.55 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Ruest will discuss how CN's focus on customer engagement and operational and service excellence is helping the company's customers compete better in their end markets while delivering solid CN operating efficiencies.

CN will provide a live audio webcast of Ruest's remarks and post his presentation on the Investors section of the Company's website, www.cn.ca/investors.

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

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