SCISP Topic Book: The Electrification of British Rail

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This Schools Council Integrated Science Project (SCISP) topic book was written to accompany the third of the SCISP students’ manuals.

Contents
• The beginnings of the railway
• The railway's competition
• Motive power
• Inter-city travel
• Electrification: the technical aspects
• Traction motors
• A journey in the cab of E3159
• The future: the advanced passenger train

URL: http://stem.org.uk/rx5mn

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