McMasterville, Quebec resident earns CN President's Award

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FEBRUARY 11, 2005 - 16:16 ET

McMasterville, Quebec resident earns CN President's 
Award

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(CCNMatthews - Feb. 11, 2005) - 

North America's leading railroad honours employee excellence at Chicago 
gala

CN, North America's leading railroad, recently named McMasterville 
resident Bruno Michaud as a winner in its CN President's Awards for 
Excellence program for 2004. This latest edition of the annual employee 
awards program recognizes more than 30 employees from throughout the CN 
system for their team and individual achievements in various areas 
covering the company's five principles: Service, Cost Control, Asset 
Utilization, Safety and People.

The annual President's Awards program showcases employees whose 
ingenuity, passion and dedication contribute to CN's continued 
performance as North America's best railroad.

"Our employees have demonstrated their commitment to our five 
principles," says E. Hunter Harrison, CN President and Chief Executive 
Officer. "And they have done so in unique and creative ways. On behalf 
of CN, I am pleased to recognize them for their outstanding contribution 
to the company."

Each year, CN employees nominate their deserving colleagues as 
candidates for the CN President's Awards for Excellence program. Winners 
are invited to a gala evening, and are awarded 20 CN shares.

Bruno Michaud, computer systems officer, IT, and member of CN's 
Mainframe Install Team, received a CN President's Award for Excellence 
in the Service category.

Thanks to the members of this team, CN's three mainframe computers have 
been replaced with two newer model mainframes, translating into $1.9 
million in savings in 2004 alone. Aware that any outages of the 
mainframe computers which host CN's most critical applications would 
hurt operations of the railroad, they used care and professionalism in 
tackling the complex and highly technical task of replacing the 
mainframes. They accomplished the task on weekends over a five-week 
period, ensuring that every detail of the work was achieved 
successfully, and avoiding any disruptions to operations.

Canadian National Railway Company 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 cities 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.

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