CN: Weekly Grain Unloads.

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 1998--CN (ME:CNR) (TSE:CNR) (NYSE:CNI) Major port terminals unloaded 1,971 CN grain cars during crop week 43 compared with the guideline of 2,000.

CN unloads at Vancouver last week were 908 versus a target of 840. On June 1, the port had 210 CN cars on hand to begin crop week 44.

CN unloads at the Port of Prince Rupert were 584 compared with a target of 700. Week 43 unloads were reduced by terminal congestion. There were 306 cars available for unloading by the beginning of week 44.

Customers did not accept all CN-offered cars for Thunder Bay shipments. Consequently, 481 CN cars were unloaded during the crop week versus a target of 860. Almost 200 CN cars were on hand at Thunder Bay waiting to be unloaded at the start of crop week 44.

CN placed 2,304 cars at country elevators for loading during crop week 43, 103 fewer than planned because the orders were cancelled by customers owing to a lack of grain in the elevators to which they were to be delivered. This week, CN plans to place 2,339 across Western Canada.

Canadian National Railway Company serves all of Canada and the U.S. Midwest, including the ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax and key cities of Toronto, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, with connections to all points in North America.

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