Patent ID: 9617689
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: E01B

Claim:
1. A passive switch for a railway track, wherein a railway car is moveable along the railway track in a facing direction, the passive switch comprising: a first track section including a first main track, a first diverging track, and a first guard rail, wherein the first guard rail is shaped to guide a first wheel of the railway car from the first main track onto the first diverging track as the first wheel travels in the facing direction within the passive switch, and wherein the first flooded section represents a raised section of the railway track that raises the first wheel of the railway car as the railway car moves along the railway track, the first flooded section located between the first guard rail and the first main track, and between the first guard rail and the first diverging track; and a second track section including a second main track and a second diverging track, wherein the second main track is shaped to guide a second wheel of the railway car from the second main track onto the second diverging track as the second wheel travels in the facing direction within the passive switch.