Canadian National Railway Co (ASX: CNI) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Canadian National Railway provides rail and intermodal transportation services across North America, focusing on supply chain efficiency.

Canadian National Railway Co
Canadian National Railway Co is a Class I freight railway operator in North America, managing a transcontinental rail network of approximately 20,000 route miles. The network spans across Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico coasts. The company transports a diverse range of commodities, including petroleum and chemicals, grain and fertilizers, coal, metals and minerals, forest products, intermodal freight, and automotive goods. In addition to rail haulage, it provides integrated supply chain services including trucking, freight warehousing, customs brokerage, transloading, and port interface management.
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Products and/or services of Canadian National Railway Co
- Intermodal Freight Services: Transport of international containers and domestic trailers across transcontinental rail routes, connecting major ports in Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Montreal, and Halifax with inland intermodal hubs in Chicago, Toronto, and Memphis.
- Petroleum and Chemicals Transportation: Rail haulage of refined petroleum products, crude oil, natural gas liquids, plastics, and industrial chemicals across major North American manufacturing corridors, linking Canadian energy hubs with United States Gulf Coast processing centers.
- Grain and Agricultural Freight: Bulk rail movement of wheat, canola, barley, soybeans, corn, and agricultural fertilizers from Western Canadian Prairie grain elevators and United States Midwest farming regions to export terminals and domestic processing facilities.
- Forest Products Transportation: Rail shipping of dimensional lumber, wood pulp, paper, panelboard, and newsprint from major Canadian forestry production centers to building material distributors, packaging plants, and paper mills throughout North America.
- Metals and Minerals Logistics: Rail carriage of steel, aluminum, iron ore, copper, metal concentrates, silica sand, and construction aggregates, supplying mining facilities, steel manufacturing mills, and infrastructure construction projects across Canada and the United States.
- Automotive Rail Transport: Specialized multi-level railcar transport of finished passenger vehicles, light trucks, and original equipment automotive components between vehicle assembly plants, maritime import facilities, and regional automotive distribution yards.
Canadian National Railway Co executive team
- Ms. Tracy A. RobinsonPresident, CEO & Director
- Mr. Ghislain Houle CPAExecutive VP & CFO
- Mr. Patrick Timothy WhiteheadExecutive VP & COO
- Mr. Bhushan N. IvaturiExecutive VP and Chief Information & Technology Officer
- Mr. Greg HamiltonSenior Manager of Investor Relations
- Mr. Olivier ChoucSenior VP & Chief Legal Officer
- Ms. Josée GirardSenior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
- Ms. Janet DrysdaleExecutive VP & Chief Commercial Officer
- Mr. James ThompsonSenior Vice-President of Operations
- Mr. Rance RandleSenior Vice-President of Mechanical & Engineering