Meredith Richards knows how it feels when a passenger train grinds to a halt as a freight train blocks its path. But thanks to a recently announced legal settlement, the former Charlottesville city ...

Starting early next January, no freight or passenger trains will be scheduled to cross the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Arlington, Va., during an 8:15 a.m.-to-1 p.m. window seven days a ...

The best vantage point to see America in all her breathtaking glory is through the panoramic windows of a train. But which journey to choose? US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill reveals the rail journeys ...