The Cuban Missile Crisis is an intelligence failure, which almost led to a global nuclear war. HUMINT and COMINT under Kennedy failed to confirm the true intentions of Soviet Union towards Cuba. It was also a failure on Kennedy's part not to understand the point of view of the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
A lack of railroads affected a lot of things. For example like getting supplies or not having job opportunities due to not having a railroad. Also without have a railroad it made traveling harder.
