Patent ID: 8113441
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: E01B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A railroad rail used to join two mating railroad rail end sections to each other, the railroad rail comprising: a body defining a first section and a tapered second section having a first end and a second end, each section defines a head section, a web section depending from the head section, and a base section depending from the web section, wherein a predetermined portion of the base section, the web section and the head section of the second section is removed, thereby defining a first abutting surface at the first end, an intermediate abutting surface that tapers from the first end to the second end, and a second abutting surface at the second end, wherein the abutting surfaces of the railroad rail are configured to contact corresponding abutting surfaces of a complementary railroad rail when joined together, wherein the railroad rail is formed from a double bent railroad rail having a first bend and a second bend defined by a head section, a web section, and a base section of the double bent railroad rail.