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.
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