FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Report of Foreign Issuer
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the month of April, 2008
 
Commission File Number: 001-02413
 
Canadian National Railway Company
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
935 de la Gauchetiere Street West
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3B 2M9
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Canadian National Railway Company

Table of Contents
 
 
Item 1
Press Release dated April 21, 2008, titled “CN declares second-quarter 2008 dividend”.
 

Item 1
 
 
North America’s Railroad

NEWS RELEASE

CN declares second-quarter 2008 dividend

MONTREAL, April 21, 2008 — CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a second-quarter 2008 dividend on the Company’s common shares outstanding. A quarterly dividend of twenty-three cents (C$0.23) per common share will be paid on June 30, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 9, 2008.
 
CN – Canadian National Railway Company and its operating railway subsidiaries – spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key metropolitan areas of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company’s website at www.cn.ca.
 
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Contacts:
  
Media
Investment Community
Mark Hallman
Robert Noorigian
Director
Vice-President
Communications, Media
Investor Relations
(905) 669-3384
(514) 399-0052

 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
    Canadian National Railway Company  
           
Date: April 22, 2008  By: /s/ Cristina Circelli  
      Name:  Cristina Circelli  
      Title:  Deputy Corporate Secretary and
 General Counsel