WHEEL GUARD APPARATUS

摘要

To provide a wheel guard apparatus capable of preventing a wheel from derailing and preventing a vehicle from seriously deviating from a track even if the wheel has derailed and including: a fixed portion (5) fixed to a railroad tie (2) located between main line rails (3); a movable portion (7) supported by a rotating shaft (6) provided on the fixed portion (5) and extending in a horizontal direction and configured to be rotatable around the rotating shaft (6) toward a track center side; and a guard rail (12) located at a position separated from the rotating shaft (6) of the movable portion (7) and held to extend in parallel with the main line rail (3), wherein the guard rail (12) includes an outer stopper portion (17) configured to prevent the wheel from derailing toward an inner side of the main line rail (3) and an inner stopper portion (18) configured to prevent a derailed vehicle from deviating to an outer side of a track.