Patent ID: 8870088

Claim:
A railway system comprising: a rail having an upper section and a lower section; at least one rail road saddle for supporting the lower section of the rail; at least one polymer composite rail clamp each being anticorrosive, insulating and formed in one piece integrally composed of a first polymeric composition being a composite comprising a synthetic resin and reinforcing fibers for providing both mechanical strength and flexibility, each polymer composite rail clamp having a surface, the surface being for contacting the lower section of the rail and the polymer composite rail clamp being fastened to the at least one rail road saddle to allow a pressure of the surface against the lower section of the rail to prevent substantial displacement of the rail; and a fastener having a shank portion passing through a hole in the polymer composite rail clamp and the rail road saddle and a head portion in contact with an upper surface of the polymer composite rail clamp to apply the pressure; the polymer composite rail clamp being the only component compressed between the rail and the head portion of the fastener.