railroad+djt

Railroads in the Civil War would play a pivotal role in deciding how the campaign transpired. The North would hold a commanding advantage in the war not only because most of the country's industrial base was centered in the Northeast but also because most of the railroads had a majority of their trackage centered in the Northeast and Midwest (it also didn't help that since much of the war was fought in the South significant infrastructure was damaged or destroyed). Aside from the war other factors that were becoming issues in the 1860s included many different track gauges which were affecting traffic interchange and the few number of bridges crossing major waterways