JJ Ruest, CN president and chief executive officer

MONTREAL, Aug. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JJ Ruest, president and chief executive officer of CN (TSX: CNR ) (NYSE: CNI ), will address the 11 ^th Annual Cowen and Company Global Transportation Conference in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 5, 2018, starting at 3:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

CN will provide a live audio webcast of Ruest’s remarks on the Investors’ section of the Company’s website, www.cn.ca/en/investors

CN is a true backbone of the economy whose team of more than 25,000 railroaders transports more than 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 of approximately 20,000 route-miles 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 about CN, visit the company’s website at www.cn.ca .