Patent ID: 7434768

Claim:
A portable turnout system for temporary connection of a rail line to a spur line comprising: a ramp section having a frame and two parallel rails mounted on said frame, said parallel rails each having a forward end and a rearward end higher than said forward end such that said parallel rails have a positive grade from said forward end to said rearward end, said ramp section further including two parallel main line engagement plates mounted on said frame and extending below said parallel rails and a plurality of rail support struts extending between adjacent ones of said two main line engagement plates and said parallel rails such that said parallel rails are supported with said positive grade from said forward end to said rearward end; a portable transfer track including at least one portable track section having a frame and two parallel rails mounted on said frame, said portable transfer track releasably connectable at one end thereof to said rearward end of said parallel rails of said ramp section in an elevated position above the rail line; at least one portable transfer track support device operative to support and stabilize said portable transfer track in said elevated position above the rail line; and said portable transfer track releasably connectable at the opposite end thereof to a spur line whereby a temporary turnout from the rail line to the spur line is constructed.