There are many people interested in former transportation companies, whether they were trucking companies, railroads, airlines or ocean lines. They are called fallen flags, and the term describes those companies whose corporate names have been dissolved through merger, bankruptcy or liquidation.
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As an independent corporation, the Chessie System, Inc. only lasted eight years. But its legacy lives on for those interested in fallen flags because several of its subsid…
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