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:

    “Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge. Some of us have ventured out nevertheless, and so far we have not fallen off. It is my faith, my feminist faith, that we will not.”
    —Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)

    “Up rose old Barbara Frietchie then,
    Bowed with her fourscore years and ten;

    Bravest of all in Frederick town,
    She took up the flag the men hauled down;”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)