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Canadian National....

- Employed an average of 22,246 people in Canada and the United States.

- Has approximately 19,200 route-miles of track in Canada and the United States

- Earned CDN $7.2 billion in revenue in 2005

- 55% from U.S. domestic and cross-border traffic

- 21% from international traffic

- 24% from Canadian domestic traffic

- Stocks trade on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges

- Has one of the lowest operating ratio among Class 1 railroads based on 2005 year-end results (63.8%)

- Operates the largest rail network in Canada and the only transcontinental network in North America.  The company operates in eight Canadian provinces and 16 U.S. states

- Spans Canada and mid-America from the Atlantc and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Pupert, 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, Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.

- Has the shortest route from the Atlantic coast to the U.S. Midwest through the St. Clair Tunnel between Sarnia, ON, and Port Huron, MI.

- Originates approximately 85% of traffic, allowing the company to capitalize on service advantages, efficient asset utilization and negotiations with other carriers on revenue division arrangements.

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