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Canadian National Railway
Canadian Class I freight railway company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Canadian National Railway Company (French: Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada) is a Class I railway. Its headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec. It serves Canada and both the Midwestern and Southern United States. In 2011, Bill Gates was the largest single shareholder of CN stock.[1] CN owns around 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track in eight provinces. There is also a 70-mile (113 km) stretch of track into the Northwest Territories, to Hay River on the southern shore of Great Slave Lake.[2]
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Company type | Public (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) |
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Industry | Transportation, Railway |
Founded | December 20, 1918 |
Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | David McLean (Chairman) Claude Mongeau (President and CEO) |
Parent | Federal Govt. of Canada (1918–1995) |
Website | www |
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