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Wilson was engaged on the Caledonian Canal under Jackson and Beane, the Glasgow and Ayr Railway and the Hull and Selby Railway. In 1847 he was appointed Locomotive Superintendent of the York and North Midland Railway and in 1853 Engineer-in-Chief on the Midland and Great Western Railway in Ireland.<ref name=GG/>
From 1856 to 1860 he was Engineer of the [[Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway]] and when that was incorporated into the [[West Midland Railway]]in 1860, he was appointed Chief Engineer there. He settled in Worcester and worked on designs for local railways including the Bewdley to Kidderminster Loop Line. On Following the amalgamation of the WMR with the [[Great Western Railway]] in 1866 1863, he established a consulting engineering practicein 1864, <ref>Wikipedia</ref> Edward Wilson & Co., at 9 Dean’s Yard, Westminster. He continued to work for the GWR but also advised the Great Eastern Railway and the Metropolitan Railway.
Wilson gave evidence to Parliamentary hearings and advised the Royal Commissioners in Ireland. He was appointed a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers but not a member of the Civils. Among his best known works still standing are Liverpool Street Station, London and the 1870 road bridge over the [[River Severn]] at Stourport. He died on 26 August 1877 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London.
