Railroads And It’s Affects On America

The introduction and expansion of the railroad was described as extremely rapid. This change not only occurred in America but Mexico and Canada as well. It was a massive modernization to connect America as travel which was conventional was extremely slow. The Author’s main arguments was that the development of the Railroad was extremely important to America but there was massive corruption and misuse of subsidies that ended with bankrupt corporations. While the railroad made travel faster there were massive financial errors that occurred which are not commonly brought to light. The reading added to my knowledge as the Railroads also came at the cost of the Indian people and gave rise to the modern corporate lobby which companies used to compete with one another. Who were the major players that benefited from the massive modernization effort and should more corporate laws be put in place to prevent abuses. Also were judges capable of being bribed and other officials for contracts. Does the free market economy suffer more from such interferences and restrictions and what determines the degree of free market economic freedom countries are willing to allow as there will always be those people who exploit it and use it for their own official gain. What interested me was how the use of the railroads sha[ped the war and how conflict seems to provide us with modern technology. With modern combat what are the conventional methods of Troop transport would it be mostly motorized vehicles and how are such large convoys fuel supported for large scale movement. Would they also make ford an easy target and how effective are railways today as they seem to be easily destroyed in conflict. It would appear that railways could also be used within your lines and heavily protected. I’m also interested in how railroads transport modern goods.