A rail for use in a railway which has in section, a head having a traffic carrying surface and a foot, wherein the head comprising a traffic carrying surface is composed of low carbon martensite.

A combiner rail having a plurality of horizontal rows of rollers. Each horizontal row is staggered from the adjacent horizontal row to prevent containers from jamming in gaps between adjacent rollers.

Rails supporting vehicles are suspended under utilization of a mounting plate being laterally adjustable by means of a detent structure and oblong slots secured to a lowermost portion of support tower or the like and having four bores threadedly receiving four suspension bolts for a C-shaped bracket member having an uppermost suspension plate with arc-shaped bores for receiving the suspension bolts; a plurality of nuts threadedly secure the suspension plate to the suspension bolts from above and...

A screed rail for use in the in situ casting of concrete comprising beams forming upper and lower edges of the rail, which are connected by elements extending therebetween. The elements are spaced along the length of the rail to provide for the passage of concrete reinforcement. For this purpose, the spaced elements may form slots, or a breakable web can close the respective spacings, to be broken as required. In an alternative arrangement a screed rail has an overall cross-section with a lower ...

A coupling member or joint is provided with a projecting lead screw adapted to be threaded into a tapped bore of a structural member. The lead screw is rotated by a worm operated exteriorly of the coupling member by a suitable wrench. A pair of such lead screws projecting oppositely along a given axis adapt the joint particularly for coupling aligned rails.

A conductor rail has a main body (10) of aluminum and a facing layer (11) formed of a steel having a chromium content of between 10 and 13.5% by weight. The preferred steel composition is that of British Standard No. 416 S21.

A conductor rail comprises a main body of aluminium and a stainless steel facing layer which is produced by welding together two longitudinal J-section strips. The welding operation is effected with the strips in contact with the main body and provides an extremely effective interlocking engagement of the facing layer and main body.

A method of cleaning a rail comprises subjecting the head of the rail to the gas jet from a plasma-arc torch operated in the nontransferred mode, but with an additional current passed between the torch and the head of the rail.

In apparatus for the treatment of rails, for the purpose of improving wheel-rail adhesion, using a plasma torch or torches supported on a vehicle, means is provided for continuously guiding the torch or torches so that it or they is or are directed along the rail center line or a line parallel thereto. For this purpose, use may be made of an electromagnetic detector mounted on a carrier for the plasma torch or torches and adapted for transmitting an error signal, proportional to lateral displace...

A connector for connecting two conductor rail sections, the connector having an electrical conductor that is fastened at each end to the conductor rails. A central region of the conductor is fastened to a connection element. The connection element is slidingly connected to both of the two conductor rails. The electrical conductor has two flexible, undulating portions. These are located between the central region of the electrical conductor and each of its two, attached ends, and serve to compens...