Sodium sulphur batteries for rail traction (a paper for presentation at the I.E.C.E.C. in in Newark, Delaware August 1975) (IM-EC-018)

British Railways' plans for main line electrification are now well underway; the West Coast Main line has been extended to Glasgow, and electrification of the East Coast route is planned. Because of the high capital cost of lineside equipment however, it seems likely that many of the less intensively used...