Fallen Flag

A fallen flag is a North American railroader and railfan term referring to railroad company no longer in existence due to bankruptcy or merger.

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Famous quotes containing the words fallen and/or flag:

    “The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.”
    —Ecclesiasticus Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 28:17-8.

    “By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
    Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
    Here once the embattled farmers stood
    And fired the shot heard round the world.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)