For true rail fans, the ultimate luxury is traveling in a private rail car. It was the preferred method of travel across the United States during the late Gilded Age for the likes of the Vanderbilts ...

Bysiewicz and Elicker test the seats in the model train car. (This is not a full-length car. A photo in the back gives the illusion of one.) Credit: Dereen Shirnekhi photos A life-sized model of a ...

Amtrak's Auto Train service allows travelers to bring their vehicles along for the journey between Virginia and Florida. The daily train departs at 4 p.m. from both Lorton, Virginia, and Sanford, ...