Media advisory - Claude Mongeau, CN president and chief executive officer, to address Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Global Transportation Conference May 18

MONTREAL, May 16, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI), will address the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Global Transportation Conference on May 18, 2012, at 10:50 a.m. Eastern time.

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

CN will provide a live audio webcast of Mongeau's presentation 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.

For further information:

Contacts:

Media 
Mark Hallman 
Director 
Communications and Public Affairs 
[phone]

Investors
Robert Noorigian
Vice-president
Investor Relations
[phone]