Properties (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Properties including capital leases

	December 31, 2019								December 31, 2018
In millions	Depreciation rate		Cost		Accumulated Depreciation		Net		Cost		Accumulated Depreciation		Net
Properties including finance leases
Track and roadway (1)	2	%	$	39,395	$	8,502	$	30,893	$	38,352	$	8,276	$	30,076
Rolling stock	5	%	7,538		2,941		4,597		6,883		2,842		4,041
Buildings	3	%	1,956		692		1,264		1,924		668		1,256
Information technology (2)	9	%	1,972		688		1,284		1,795		686		1,109
Other	5	%	2,720		1,089		1,631		2,124		833		1,291
Total properties including finance leases (3) (4)			$	53,581	$	13,912	$	39,669	$	51,078	$	13,305	$	37,773

Finance leases included in properties

Finance leases included in properties
Track and roadway (5)	$	406	$	85	$	321	$	406	$	80	$	326
Rolling stock	87		2		85		—		—		—
Buildings	27		9		18		27		9		18
Other	128		18		110		92		18		74
Total finance leases included in properties	$	648	$	114	$	534	$	525	$	107	$	418

(1) As at December 31, 2019, includes land of $2,401 million (2018 - $2,455 million).

(2)    In 2019, the Company capitalized costs for internally developed software and related licenses of $273 million (2018 - $283 million).

(3) In 2019, property additions, net of finance leases, were $3,865 million (2018 - $3,531 million), of which $1,489 million (2018 - $1,547 million) related to track and railway infrastructure maintenance.

(4) In 2019, depreciation expense related to properties was $1,559 million (2018 - $1,327 million).

(5)

As at December 31, 2019, includes right-of-way access of $106 million (2018 - $107 million).