I’m studying geography and can’t quite grasp the correlation between railtracks and the creation of cities. I get that railtracks can transport natural resources, but I don’t see the connection.
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I live in a rural area. Maybe 1/4 mile behind my house is a grain silo for loading grain onto railroad cars.
In the early days, it would simply have just been a centrally located grain silo stop for the local farmers. Slowly, over time, people would move close to it, probably starting with the people working at the silo and slowly expanding from there. The village i live in has around 1400 residents with a nice housing development, slowly expanding.
It starts with a location people can use to transport goods to sell in a bigger market or to have a way to transport resources from a remote location. If it was, say, a mining operation, the workers would likely live there. They would need support businesses, like a general store, so someone would move there to run that. Then maybe a tavern and a barber shop. As more people move into the area, to support the users of that train stop, you need more and more support services. Then, slowly over time, that area grows into a city.
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