John Stanley Webb
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John Stanley Webb | |
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| Born | 11 January 1920 |
| Died | 22 January 2002 (aged 82)[1] Walsall, West Midlands |
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John Stanley Webb (11 January 1920 – 22 January 2002)[2][3] was an English transport historian.
Born in Walsall, Staffordshire,[3] 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,[3] while working for his family's firm, James Webb and Sons, of Bloxwich,[3] which he joined in 1935 and from which he retired as Managing Director in 1986.[3]
Midland Metro named an AnsaldoBreda T-69 tram in his honour in a ceremony at Birmingham Snow Hill station on 17 July 2004.[3][4][5] It has since been withdrawn from service, along with the rest of its class, and is stored unused.
