Home/American Shipper/Analyst: Crude by rail still attractive in long term American Shipper Analyst: Crude by rail still attractive in long term FreightWaves Staff · Thursday, August 22, 2013 Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedInAdditional oil pipeline capacity in the Bakken and Gulf regions, however, are making crude transport on railways less of an attractive option in the short term, said an analysis by Jason Seidl of Cowen and Co.