Canadian National Railway

CN or Canadian National Railways was a government owned rail company brought about by the failure of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) and subsequently the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR). In 1995 the Canadian Government divested itself of the railway selling it into private ownership and within the next few years it was subsequently merged with the Illinois Central. Thus began an era of both expansion and shrinkage while the primary CN system was chopped and made leaner and meaner they aquired smaller rail companies such as British Columbia Railways (BCR), and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJE).

Operating Area

CN owns track throughout all Canadian provinces except for PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the Northwest Territories. They also own track in many US states through their many US subsidiaries such as Elgin, Joliet and Eastern, Illinois Central, Grand Trunk Western and Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific. They partner with numerous shortline operators and other class one's to access many locations they don't have direct connection to.