Railways: surface track – Rail arrangement
Patent
1993-02-18
1995-01-03
Werner, Frank E.
Railways: surface track
Rail arrangement
238218, 104243, F01B 1134, B61F 900
Patent
active
053779100
ABSTRACT:
A double-gauge rail system for the rolling stock of railroad trains including pairs of rails of differing gauges, with the rail track sections of each gauge being in axial alignment but separate and not welded together at the section ends. The inner and outer rail sections of the two gauges at least partially overlap so that the inner rail sections extend across the gaps of the outer rail sections and, likewise, the outer rail sections extend across the gaps of the inner rail sections. To provide continuous contact between the wheels and rails sections, each axle of a vehicle car or engine has pairs of wheels on each end of the axle; the outer pair of wheels corresponding to the outer gauge and the inner pair of wheels corresponding to the inner gauge, so that the wheels of at least one rail gauge are in contact with the corresponding pair of rail sections. Also comprehended by this invention is a "Z" bar connector joining the overlapping ends of the inner and outer rail sections to provide a truss-type arrangement for the rails.
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Geppert James A.
Lowe Scott L.
Werner Frank E.
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