Arthur K. Atkinson (1892–1964) was an executive of the

Wabash Railroad The Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including track in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario. Its primary con ...

. After working for the

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United ...

, he joined the Wabash in 1922 and was promoted to vice president in 1929. In 1947 he became chief financial officer, and president in 1947. He was elected to be chairman of the board in 1959, and he retired from the company in 1960. In 1949, Atkinson served as a director for the

Chicago Railroad Fair The Chicago Railroad Fair was an event organized to celebrate and commemorate 100 years of railroad history west of Chicago, Illinois. It was held in Chicago in 1948 and 1949 along the shore of Lake Michigan and is often referred to as "the last ...

Legacy

Railroad car ferry number 6 owned by Ann Arbor Railroad was named ''Arthur K. Atkinson'' in his honor on March 14, 1959, when it returned to the

Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five lakes ...

after a rebuild.Hanley, M. (2003),
The Carferries of the Great Lakes: The Life and Times of the Arthur K. Atkinson
'. Retrieved February 9, 2006.

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20th-century American railroad executives Wabash Railroad 1892 births 1964 deaths {{US-rail-bio-stub