FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: Wabash Railroad served the Midwest, its industries and people (Part 1)

A steam-powered locomotive pulls a Wabash Railroad freight train. (Photo: mypresentpast.com)

There are many people interested in former transportation companies, whether they were trucking companies, railroads, airlines or ocean lines. These companies are called “fallen flags,” and the term describes companies whose corporate names have been dissolved through merger, bankruptcy or liquidation.

Today’s FreightWaves Classics profiles another fallen flag in the railroad industry – the Wabash Railroad. Although many would say it was “only a Midwestern bridge line,” the Wabash Railroad had...

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