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Canadian National Railway Company
Public
(TSX: CNR)
(NYSE: CNI)
Industry Transportation, Railway
Founded December 20, 1918
Headquarters Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Key people
 David McLean (Chairman)
Claude Mongeau (President and CEO)
Parent Federal Govt. of Canada (1918–1995)

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Class I railway. Its headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec. It serves Canada and both the Midwestern and Southern United States. In 2011, Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock. CN owns around 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track in eight provinces. There is also a 70-mile (113 km) stretch of track into the Northwest Territories, to Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake.

CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, and is Canada's only transcontinental railway company, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia. Its range once reached across the island of Newfoundland until 1988, when the Newfoundland Railway was abandoned.

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  • Largest domestic 53 foot container companies

    Largest domestic 53 foot container companies (fleet size)

  • Canadian National Railways herald

    An early logo or "herald" of the Canadian National Railways. It was replaced by the CN "worm" in 1960.

  • TrainStationInterior

    Restored CN Telegraph counter on display at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum

  • Pasenger-ship-CNSS-Prince-R

    The turbine steamship Prince Robert berthed at Vancouver, BC

  • Spirit of Windsor

    CN 5588 Spirit of Windsor on display at Windsor, Ontario riverfront

  • CN Outport Ferry Hopedale

    The CN ferry Hopedale off the outport of La Poile Bay, Newfoundland, in 1971

  • CN HQ 03

    The headquarters of CN in Downtown Montreal.

  • CN 6226 and IC 3102

    Canadian National (GTW) EMD GP38-2 6226 and Illinois Central EMD GP40R 3102 at Dubuque, Iowa

  • 2012-03-20 Hammond LA Amtrak station

    Properties of the Canadian National Railway in the United States serve in many instances as routes for Amtrak. Pictured is the Amtrak station in Hammond, Louisiana, refurbished with a modern passenger platform. This segment of the Canadian National Railway was built in 1854 to form part of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern railway, which later became part of Illinois Central.

  • SD60F

    CN EMD SD60F sits in Toledo, Ohio

  • Cntrain7331

    CN train at East Junction, Edmonton, 2006

  • EJE 675 long hood forward

    EJE 675 idles at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Engine is oriented long hood forward. Unit, an EMD SD38, still wears the J Ball.

  • Cn7402

    The "CN North America" logo. This was used from 1993–95, before the company returned to the plain "CN" logo, which is still in use.

  • Algoma Central Railway, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

    CN operates the Agawa Canyon Tour excursion.

  • CNR Electric LastElectricLocomotive 1995-07-06

    First and last CN electric locomotive, 1918–1995

  • CN Loco -9612

    CN locomotive on siding

  • Canadien National

    Hoppers in Sainte-Foy yard, April 2012

See also

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