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Canadian National Railway

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The Canadian National Railway Company, known by its reporting mark CN and in French as Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada, is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States, running across the country from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia. It is one of Canada's two main freight rail companies, alongside Canadian Pacific Kansas City. The company was incorporated in 1919 and began as a government-owned Crown corporation before later privatization.

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1. Canadian National Railway (Wikipedia)
  • History, Creation of the company, 1918-1923
    The Canadian National Railways (CNR) was incorporated on June 6, 1919
  • Part Of: Freight Rail, Article lead
    is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal
  • In Group: North American Railroads, Lead sentence
    The Canadian National Railway Company (French: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) (reporting mark CN) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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