SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (Rule 14a-101)
                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

                   Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


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                       Canadian National Railway Company

                (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

    (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)



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                  CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING PARTICIPANTS

     Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and certain other persons named
below may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of CN
stockholders to approve the proposed combination between CN and Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF). The participants in this solicitation may
include the directors of CN: Michael R. Armellino, Purdy Crawford, J.V. Raymond
Cyr, James K. Gray, E. Hunter Harrison (also Executive Vice-President and
Chief Operating Officer of CN), V. Maureen Kempston Darkes, Richard H. Kroft,
Gilbert H. Lamphere, Denis Losier, Hon. Edward C. Lumley, Alexander P. Lynch,
David G.A. McLean (also Chairman of the Board of CN), Edward P. Neufeld, Robert
Pace, Cedric E. Ritchie, Paul M. Tellier (also President and Chief Executive
Officer of CN); the following executive officers of CN: William K. Berry
(Vice-President, Intermodal), Cliff L. Carson (Vice-President, Commercial
Development, Eastern Canada), John Dalzell (Vice-President, Risk Management),
Richard Dixon (Vice-President, Labour Relations), Robert F. Dolan (Senior Vice-
President, Corporate Services), David P. Edison (Vice-President, Pacific
Division), Sean Finn (Vice-President, Treasurer & Principal Tax Counsel), James
M. Foote (Senior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing), S. Ross Goldsworthy
(Vice-President, Grain & Fertilizers (Canada)), Fred R. Grigsby (Vice-President
and Chief Information Officer), Edmond L. Harris (Vice-President - Midwest
Division), Keith L. Heller (Senior Vice-President, Eastern Canada Division),
Stan Jablonski (Vice-President, Forest Products), Edward G. Kammerer
(Vice-President, Chemicals and Petroleum), Kimberly A. Madigan (Vice-President,
Human Resources, U.S. Operations), Peter C. Marshall (Vice-President, Prairie
Division), J. Paul Mathieson (Vice-President, Network Transportation), Jack T.
McBain (Senior Vice-President, Operations), Terry McManaman (Vice-President,
Gulf Division), Sandi J. Mielitz (Vice-President, Commercial Development,
Prairie Division), Claude Mongeau (Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial
Officer), Robert E. Noorigian (Vice-President, Investor Relations), Jean Pierre
Ouellet (Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary),
Serge Pharand (Vice-President and Corporate Comptroller), Jean-Jacques Ruest
(Vice-President, Chemicals and Petroleum), Myles L. Tobin (Vice-President, U.S.
Legal Affairs), David E. Todd (Vice-President, Government Affairs), Gordon T.
Trafton (Vice-President, Operations Integration), Thomas F. Utroska
(Vice-President, Transportation), Howard L. Vaughters (Vice-President, Sales
(Gulf)), Dennis E. Waller (Vice-President, Engineering/Mechanical), Jeffrey C.
Ward (Executive Vice-President, Strategic Planning), Torrance J. Wylie (Senior
Vice-President, Public Affairs) and the following employee of CN: Mark Wallace
(Manager, Investor Relations). As of the date of this filing, none of the
foregoing participants individually beneficially owns in excess of 1% of CN
common stock. For additional information concerning interests of certain of
these individuals in the proposed combination, see "Interests of Certain
Persons in the Combination" contained in the registration statement on Form
F4/S-4 filed by North American Railways, Inc. and CN with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with the securities to be issued in the
combination, which also includes the preliminary proxy statement for the
shareholders meetings to be held for approval of the combination. The
registration statement has not been declared effective. This document may be
obtained for free at the SEC's web site, www.sec.gov.


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