Concrete railroad tie for supporting grade crossing panels

Details Concrete railroad tie for supporting grade crossing panels Concrete railroad tie for supporting grade crossing panels

1981-05-08

1984-05-22

Reese, Randolph

Railways: surface track

Ties

Nonmetallic

238 8, E01B 328, E01C 904

Patent

active

044496664

ABSTRACT:
A railroad grade crossing structure comprising a plurality of prefabricated, elongated, reinforced concrete panels formed of used, inverted rail sections placed between the rails of each track and outside the rails of each track to provide a smooth durable highway surface; the panels resting on resilient pads supported on elongated crossties containing upstanding studs to fit loosely within sleeves in the bottom of the panels to prevent undue lateral movement; substantially all free space between panels and the rails of each track being filled with a settable elastomeric compound; the end panels adjacent the shoulders of the highway having an upper surface substantially flush with the highway surface and sloping downwardly to the lower surface of the panel which rests on the resilient pads.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1071291 (1913-08-01), Blessing
patent: 2875953 (1959-03-01), Weber et al.
patent: 2984417 (1961-05-01), Voorhees
patent: 3371866 (1968-03-01), Sonneville
patent: 4267969 (1981-05-01), Hales et al.

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