William John Quinn

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William John Quinn was a Twentieth Century American Railroad Executive. He was an attorney for the Soo Line before joining the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1954 and later from 1957 to 1966, served as President. In 1966, he became president of the Burlington Railroad. He later returned to the Milwaukee Road where he was chairman from 1970 until it's final collapse.

Quinn is most remembered as the last leader of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and for its notorious scheme of de-electrification in 1972, right before the 1973 oil crisis. This and the general collapse of the road in the 1960s led to the eventual, final bankruptcy of the famous Milwaukee Road.