John Stanley Webb (11 January 1920 – 22 January 2002)
was an
English
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transport historian.
Born in
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...
,
Staffordshire
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,
Webb developed an interest in trains as a child; he traveled by rail to school. He wrote many books on British and other countries
tram
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s and tramway systems,
while working for his family's firm, James Webb and Sons, of
Bloxwich
Bloxwich is a historic market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It is located between the towns of Walsall, Cannock, Willenhall and Brownhills.
Early history
Bloxwich has its origins at least as early as th ...
,
which he joined in 1935 and from which he retired as
Managing Director
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in 1986.
named an
AnsaldoBreda T-69
The West Midlands Metro is a passenger light rail line in the West Midlands conurbation in England, which opened in 1999. Its rolling stock consists of 21 CAF Urbos 3 trams which came into service in 2014/15, replacing the older T-69 trams which ...
tram in his honour in a ceremony at
Birmingham Snow Hill station on 17 July 2004.
British Trams Online
Bibliography
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References
External links
Tram 10 at TheTrams.co.uk
- includes picture of nameplate
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1920 births
2002 deaths
Railway historians
20th-century English historians
People from Walsall