Patent ID: 9010252
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B61K

Abstract:
1. A rerailer for rerailing a railway vehicle onto a track, the rerailer comprising: a body with a ramp adapted to support a wheel of a railway vehicle thereon; a sloped face provided on said body and being configured with a slope that declines in a preferred direction toward the track on which the railway vehicle wheel is to be rerailed; support means for supporting said sloped surface and railway vehicle wheels thereon; wherein said rerailer is constructed from an austempered metal; wherein said support means for supporting said sloped face includes a first wall and a second wall; wherein said support means comprises a cavity and a plurality of support elements; wherein said plurality of support elements are disposed within said cavity, are interconnected with said first wall and said second wall, and comprise ribs; and wherein said ribs are substantially shorter in height than the height of said first wall and said second wall.