Railways: surface track – Roadbed – Street crossing
Patent
1979-08-24
1981-05-19
Reese, Randolph A.
Railways: surface track
Roadbed
Street crossing
238 9, E01C 904
Patent
active
042679699
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.
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Fredrick Edmund R.
Hales Harvey E.
Railroad Concrete Crosstie Corporation
Reese Randolph A.
Yeager Arthur G.
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