sentences:  Wilson worked on the Caledonian Canal and various railways, including acting as the locomotive superintendent for the Hull and Selby Railway.From 1847–53, he was engineer to the York and North Midland Railway, before assuming this position on the Midland Great Western Railway, Ireland in 1853.From 1858 he was Locomotive and Permanent Way Engineer for the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (later the West Midland Railway).