[Alberta's Child]

Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't a railroad a very inefficient means (compared to a pipeline) of transporting oil and gas?

[constitution]

Yes pipelings nearly killed rails sometime ago.
The Oil pipeline was designed to include a gas pipeline
within the same right of way. Since oil production started they have been pumping gas back into the ground.
FWIW, I worked for BP on the North Slope.