Patent ID: 7677465

Claim:
A railway crossing installation, comprising: first and second spaced-apart elongated rails, each having in transverse section a bottom horizontal flange, a vertically extending bight and a top ball having an upper surface and a lower surface flanking said bight; at least one relatively elongated concrete gauge panel with each gauge panel having a top surface generally aligned with said upper surface of said top ball, each gauge panel having elongated first and second sides disposed adjacent said pair of rails, respectively, and ends disposed in confronting relation to any adjacent panels; each of said sides of said panel having a projection extending therefrom towards the associated rail and including a substantially vertically disposed upper wall portion having upper and lower ends, an intermediate wall portion, having inner and outer ends, extending outwardly away from said lower end of said upper wall portion, and a lower wall portion, having upper and lower ends, extending downwardly and inwardly from said outer end of said intermediate wall portion; each of said sides of said gauge panel having a plurality of elongated threaded fasteners which are partially embedded in said projection in a manner so as to protrude outwardly and downwardly from said lower wall portion of said projection in a horizontally spaced-apart manner; first and second resilient, elongated, flat strips having upper and lower ends and inner and outer faces which are selectively removably secured, adjacent their said lower ends, to the outwardly protruding portions of said fasteners at said first and second sides of said panels, respectively so as to extend upwardly and outwardly from said fasteners; said lower ends of the inner face of said first and second flat strips being positioned adjacent said lower wall portions of the associated projection and said upper ends of said flat strips being positioned adjacent the associated rails; and first and second metal angle members secured to said first and second sides of said panel, respectively, so as to be positioned adjacent said upper wall portion and said intermediate wall portion of the associated projection.