Patent ID: 8590457

Claim:
A rerailer for rerailing a railway vehicle onto a track, the device 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 face and railway vehicle wheels thereon; and an alternative support structure for supporting said ramp and said sloped face to provide load handling support when the wheel of a derailed rail car is received thereon, wherein said support means for supporting said sloped face and railway vehicles therein includes a first wall and a second wall, wherein said alternative support structure comprises a cavity formed between said first wall and said second wall and a plurality of support elements disposed within said cavity and being interconnected with said first wall and said second wall; wherein said device is constructed from an austempered metal.