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Long before the shops, apartments, and Metro station, Potomac Yard was one of the busiest railroad classification yards on the East Coast — a 136-mile maze of track where, at its WWII peak, workers sorted more than 10,000 freight cars a day. Here's how a working rail yard became one of Alexandria's fastest-changing neighborhoods.

This post explores some of the best methods of travel to and from Washington D.C. and Alexandria.