Edward Wilson was a civil engineer who was also locomotive superintendent for the Hull and Selby Railway

Hull and Selby Railway

The Hull and Selby Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1840, connecting Hull with the Leeds and Selby Railway-Origins:...

 prior to 1847, then held a similar post on the York and North Midland Railway

York and North Midland Railway

The York and North Midland Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom which opened in 1839, connecting York, with the Leeds and Selby Railway and in 1840 with the North Midland Railway at Normanton near Leeds.-Origins:...

 between 1847-1853 [in 1851 he was resident in York], then Midland Great Western Railway

Midland Great Western Railway

The Midland Great Western Railway was the third largest Irish gauge railway company in Ireland. It was incorporated in 1845 and absorbed into the Great Southern Railway in 1924. It served part of Leinster, County Cavan in Ulster and much of Connaught...

, Ireland

Ireland

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 1853-1856 and finally on the West Midland Railway 1863-1864 [he had been resident in Worcester from at least 1861].

Following the amalgamation of the WMR with the Great Western Railway in 1864 Wilson became Construction Engineer, West Midland Division, GWR. By 1871 he appears to have taken up civil engineering practice in Westminster. Unmarried by 1871, his fate is not known.

Sources

• History of the Great Western Railway, E.T.MacDermott
• Locomotives of the GWR, vol.3, RCTS
• The Midland Great Western Railway, E.Shepherd
• British Locomotive Catalogue vol.5A, B.Baxter
• UK Census returns