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]}

Bibliography

• ——. A History of the Black Country Tramways.

References

External links

• Tram 10 at TheTrams.co.uk - includes picture of nameplate