Walter S. Franklin (PRR)

Walter S. Franklin (died August 17, 1972) was an American railroad executive.

Walter Sidmonds Franklin III[citation needed] was born in Ashland, Maryland.

[3][4] He later worked at freight offices in Baltimore, York, Toronto, Pittsburgh and Atlanta.

[2] During World War I, Franklin directed the movement of troops and supplies through England.

[3][1][4] He was president of the American Trading Company of New York City, an import-export firm, for ten years.