I choose this image because railroads were very important during the civil war. Not only did they transport people but equipment such as guns,artillery,bullets everything that you can think of to win a war. As you can see in the photo that we have far more advanced trains and railroad nowadays. A good tactic in the civil war was to destroy railroad lines so that either side could not get the supplies they needed. The viewer should take away from this photo that railroads were critical during the civil war. Also in this picture you can see houses along side the railroad. There was no train stop, it looked more a bus stop back then. People are standing on top of the trains to release the doors to unload cargo and war equipment. These where steam trains the first train created. Nowadays there are electric trains and trains that burn with coal. Back in the 1800, weather can damage the tracks and a lot of times trains would fall off the track. Train tracks can also buckle due to the heating of metals.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Civil_war_train1863.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Civil_war_train1863.jpg
