John Stanley Webb (11 January 1920 – 22 January 2002)England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 was an English transport historian.
Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, Webb developed an interest in trains as a child; he traveled by rail to school. He wrote many books on British and other countries trams and tramway systems, while working for his family's firm, James Webb and Sons, of Bloxwich, which he joined in 1935 and from which he retired as Managing Director in 1986.
Midland Metro named an AnsaldoBreda T-69 tram in his honour in a ceremony at Birmingham Snow Hill station on 17 July 2004.Midland Metro British Trams Online It has since been withdrawn from service, along with the rest of its class, and is stored unused.
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External links Tram 10 at TheTrams.co.uk - includes picture of nameplate