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CN Rail at $170: A Wide-Moat Railway but is it a Good Investment
Views: 5 2026-09-25 Canadian National Railway runs about 32,000 kilometres of track. It is the only North American railway reaching three coasts: the Pacific at Prince Rupert and Vancouver, the Atlantic at Halifax, and the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans. It hauls grain, fertilizer, energy products, forest products, metals, coal, automobiles and intermodal containers. It earns money by charging per car and per tonne-mile, raising prices ahead of rail cost inflation, and running a largely fixed network more efficiently each year. Revenue was CAD 17.8 billion over the last twelve months, with an operating margin of about 41%. Snapshot …
