Home/American Shipper/Crude rail transport up 74 percent in 2013 American Shipper Crude rail transport up 74 percent in 2013 FreightWaves Staff · Friday, March 14, 2014 Domestic Class I railroads carried 407,642 carloads of crude oil during 2013, a 74-percent increase over 2012’s result, according to the Association of American Railroads.