Patent ID: 7374109
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: E01B

Abstract:
1. A rail cushion assembly for placement between a lower surface of a railroad rail and an upper surface of a railroad tie, said rail cushion assembly comprising: a. a resilient rail pad having a substantially flat upper surface adapted to face and to contact a railroad rail lower surface, and a substantially flat lower surface adapted to face a railroad tie upper surface, wherein the rail pad includes a pair of opposed, railroad-tie-engaging inclined end edge panels extending from a pair of opposite ends of the rail pad, and at least one slot adjacent an intersection between the inclined end edge panels and a bottom surface of the rail pad; and b. a flat, flexible abrasion plate releaseably carried by the rail pad and adjacent the lower surface of the rail pad, the abrasion plate including at least one laterally-extending connection tab on each of two opposite edge surfaces, wherein each of the at least one connection tabs is releaseably received in a respective slot of the rail pad.