Patent ID: 6974087

Claim:
A tie plate for securing a rail to a railway tie, said tie plate comprising: a base having a tie face opposite a rail face; opposite end faces extending between said tie and said rail faces; a gauge side opposite a field side, said gauge and field sides extending between said opposite end faces and said rail and said tie faces; a rail support section running across said rail face between said opposite end faces and along said gauge and said field sides; a respective clip hold down housing adjacent said rail support section on said field side and said gauge side, each said clip hold down housing having a rail abutting face proximal said rail support section and a longitudinally extending receptacle for receiving a spring clip for securing said rail to said tie plate; a respective rail locating shoulder extending from said rail face on either side of said rail support section; locating ridges extending from said tie profiled to pierce said tie face for embedding into an ungrooved surface of said tie; screw holes extending through said tie plate between said rail and said tie faces on said field side and on said gauge side for receiving lag screws to secure said tie plate to said tie; and, at least one spike hole extending through said tie plate between said tie face and said rail face on said field side and on said tie side.