Track pedestal blocks

Claim 1

IN A RAILROAD TRACK, IN COMBINATION, TWO RAIL-SUPPORTING PARALLEL ROWS OF PEDESTAL BLOCKS, EACH OF SAID BLOKS BEING FORMED WITH A SOCKET OPEN AT THE TOP AND TOWARD THE BLOCKS OF THE OTHER ROW, A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL TIE RODS EXTENDING GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID ROWS AND INTERCONNECTING RESPECTIVE BLOCKS THEREOF, EACH OF SAID RODS HAVING END PORTIONS OF FLATTENED CYLINDRICAL SHAPE RECEIVED IN THE SOCKETS OF THE BLOCKS INTERCONNECTED BY IT, EACH SOCKET HAVING TWO HORIZONTALLY SPACED-APART DEPRESSIONS EACH SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMING TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE END PORTION OF A ROD, TWO OF SAID RODS HAVING THEIR END PORTIONS LODGED IN RESPECTIVE DEPRESSIONS OF ONE SOCKET, AN UPSTANDING FASTENER ELEMENT RISING WITHIN SAID SOCKET OF A BLOCK BETWEEN SAID DEPRESSIONS THEREOF AT A LOCATION ACCESSIBLE FROM ABOVE, AND A BRIDGE PIECE RELEASABLY ENGAGED BY SAID ELEMENT FOR CLAMPING SAID TWO RODS IN POSITION WITHIN THE SOCKET, SAID BRIDGE PIECE HAVING TWO ARMS WITH BOTTOM RECESSES FACING SAID DEPRESSIONS WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMING TO THE TOP SURFACES OF SAID END PORTIONS AND EMBRACING SAME FROM ABOVE UNDER PRESSURE, THEREBY HOLDING THEM AGAINST ROTATION IN SAID SOCKET.