Edwin Winter

Edwin Wheeler Winter (born November 18, 1845, in Bloomfield, Vermont – June 28, 1930, in Little Compton, Rhode Island ) was president of Northern Pacific Railway in 1896 then president of Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Brooklyn Heights Railroad and allied companies.

Life and career Winter was born on November 18, 1845, in Bloomfield, Vermont. Winter entered railway service by joining Union Pacific in 1867, Brooklyn Heights Railroad and allied companies. In 1913 he was appointed receiver for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, which at the time was controlled by the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.

On February 16, 1870, Winter married Elisabeth "Libby" Cannon in Illinois and had five children in the subsequent years. He died June 28, 1930, at his summer home in Little Compton, Rhode Island.