CN on-line calculator shows shippers the green advantage of rail

MONTREAL, QUEBEC (NYSE: CNI) has unveiled an easy-to-use greenhouse gas-emissions calculator showing CN is the right environmental choice for shipping freight.

The new calculator, located at www.cn.ca/GHG_calculator, allows shippers to measure emissions savings for shipments using CN versus truck. Users simply select imperial or metric units, enter the distance and weight for the shipment, and click on the "calculate" button to get the results.

James Foote, CN executive vice-president, Sales and Marketing, said: "The new calculator is a powerful tool demonstrating the significant environmental and energy-saving benefits of using CN.

"Rail emits six times less greenhouse gases (GHG) than heavy trucks. Plus, rail consumes a fraction of the fuel to transport one tonne of freight one kilometre. In fact, we can move one tonne of freight 197 kilometres on just one litre of fuel."

CN Intermodal - using a combination of rail and truck - offers the green advantage to shippers not directly served by rail. The intermodal combination for shipments moving more than 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles), according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), cuts fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions by 65 per cent, compared with using truck alone.

CN has a comprehensive corporate environmental policy and works closely with the rail industry in Canada and the United States and government agencies on ways to reduce its emissions.

The company's innovative Precision Railroading model, and partnership agreements with other railroads to share assets and deliver interchange traffic at the most efficient gateways, have also increased efficiencies and reduced fuel consumption and emissions. In addition, CN continues to renew its locomotive fleet with modern fuel-efficient replacements that comply with the latest EPA requirements.

CN's hard work on environmental initiatives is paying off - since 1990 the company has decreased its GHG emissions per tonne/kilometre by approximately 31 per cent.

CN - 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, St. Louis, 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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Contacts: CN Mark Hallman (Media) Director, Communications (905) 669-3384 CN Robert Noorigian (Investment Community) Vice-President, Investor Relations (514) 399-0052

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