After World War II, France – in a show of gratitude – sent every state a train boxcar. They were called the “Merci Trains.” New Jersey’s went missing in 1958.

After moving to the Valley and meeting pilots more often than usual — young pilots who were flying solo at the ripe age of 18 — I thought: Why is the Valley a hotspot for training pilots?

Followed categories will be added to My News. On Friday morning all traffic to the Gare du Nord train station -- France's busiest railway terminus serving international trains to London and ...

Paris' Gare du Nord, Europe's busiest train station, ground to a halt on Friday while an unexploded World War Two bomb was defused, causing the cancellation of all Eurostar trains for the day and ...