摘要 |
<p>A railway rail fastening assembly, for suspending a railway rail (100) at discrete locations along its length above a rail foundation, comprises a pair of elastic members (5) for supporting the head of the rail (100), a pair of brackets (6) for applying a lateral clamping force to respective ones of the elastic members (5), a baseplate (1) having first and second shoulders (3, 4), and a pair of wedge members (7), each wedge member (7) being inserted between an associated one of the shoulders (3, 4) and an adjacent bracket (6) thereby to maintain the said lateral clamping force, wherein at least one (4) of the said first and second shoulders (3, 4) is removable from the said baseplate (1) and is held in position on the baseplate (1) by the said lateral clamping force.</p> |