Oil Windfall Jolts U.S. Economy

Energy Boom Straining Nation's Transportation System

Gabe Claypool, a pioneer in the "crude-by-rail" shipping industry, just installed a shuttle-car rail loop to help unclog freight congestion in North Dakota. (DTN photo by Marcia Zarley Taylor)
Crude oil clogs Upper Midwest rail lines but energizes a North American manufacturing renaissance, oil experts tell ag industry.

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