CN to report third-quarter 2006 financial results on Oct. 19

CN will issue its third-quarter 2006 financial and operating results tomorrow, Oct. 19, 2006, shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time (ET). CN's senior officers will review the results and the railway's outlook in a conference call/webcast starting tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. ET.

Parties interested in participating in, or listening to, the presentation and following question-and-answer period by telephone should dial 1-866-542-4239 by 4.20 p.m. ET Oct. 19.

E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer of CN, will lead the conference call. He will be joined by Claude Mongeau, executive vice-president and chief financial officer, and James Foote, executive vice-president, sales and marketing.

CN will webcast the presentation live and furnish slides supporting the officers' remarks via the Investors' section of its website, www.cn.ca/investors. The slides will be posted shortly after 4 p.m. ET Oct. 19 under Analyst Presentations. CN will archive the webcast and slides on its website until Nov. 3, 2006.