Stock Rail

Some articles on rail, stock rail, rails:

Clip And Scotch
... The point clip clamps the end of a moving rail (the switch rail) of a set of points to its associated stock rail, and the scotch is a timber wedge ... is not used, as this is a different piece of equipment clamped to a rail used to ensure that stationary railway vehicles do not move, with much the same function as chocks used to ... In North America the term Spike and Wedge is used as instead of a clip, a rail spike is driven through a hole set in the metal base plate that is ...
Rail Profile - Types - Tangential Turnouts
... points) the tips of the switch blades have to be filed down to fit snugly against the fixed or stock rail ... The lefthand diagram shows this on the left is the dotted outline of the rail with the part left after filing shown with a solid line in red ... On the right is shown how the two rails fit together when the turnout is closed ...

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