CN opens new C$14-million Toronto auto compound to better serve key Ontario markets

CN opens new C$14-million Toronto auto compound to better serve key Ontario
markets

TORONTO, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:CNI) today
celebrated the official opening of its new C$14-million Toronto Automotive
Compound at MacMillan yard north of Toronto.
The new facility's track layout will accommodate the unloading of 60
auto-carrying rail cars at once, compared with 27 unloading spots at the
former compound at Mac Yard, and will have room to park up to 4,500 vehicles.
A planned phase two expansion of the compound will provide parking for 6,000
cars and/or trucks.
James Foote, executive vice-president, Sales and Marketing for CN, said: "Our
Toronto Automotive Compound is a key facility in our vehicle distribution
network in Ontario, the largest auto market in Canada. Our new
state-of-the-art facility will help CN increase the efficiency of vehicle
transportation, accommodate more traffic, improve customer service, and better
utilize our valuable real estate assets at MacMillan Yard, the largest rail
classification terminal on CN's network."
The Toronto auto compound is one of 17 vehicle distribution facilities
operated by Autoport Ltd. in Canada and the United States. A member of the CN
WorldWide North America family of non-rail companies, Autoport extends CN's
transportation reach beyond its rail network.
CN has rail access to all vehicle assembly plants in Canada, numerous assembly
plants in Michigan and one in Mississippi, and taps parts production
facilities in Michigan and Ontario. It serves shippers of import vehicles via
the ports of Halifax and Vancouver, and through interchange with other
railroads.

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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.
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