Patent ID: 8100342

Claim:
A rail seal for a railroad crossing, the rail seal for sealing a gap between a rail and a surrounding road surface or platform of a railroad or streetcar crossing, the rail having a rail head, a rail base and a web portion interconnecting the rail head and rail base, the rail seal comprising: an elongated elastomeric seal body; a first surface formed along the length of the seal body for generally abutting a gauge side of the rail; a second surface formed along the length of the seal body generally opposite to said first surface, the second surface generally abutting a corresponding edge of the surrounding road surface of the railroad crossing; and a flangeway formed in an upper surface of the seal body along the length thereof, the flangeway including a substantially horizontal surface for receiving a flanged wheel of a train; wherein the substantially horizontal surface lies in a plane above the bottom of the rail head but below the upper surface of the rail head.