For example, choices made for this line reflected the construction and locomotive technologies of that era, while various towns grew up around local products like camphor, xiangmao (an herb for making a natural mosquito repellent), and charcoal.
例如這一鐵道路線的選擇就關乎著當時的工程科技動力技術，以及沿線樟腦、香茅、木材等產業之重要。