Track structure for railroads and the like

Claim 1

IN A RAIL TRACK CONSTRUCTION FOR SUPPORTING TRACTION RAILS ON A ROAD BED, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: SPACED ROWS OF ELONGATED PRECAST REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS SUPPORTED ON THE ROAD BED, EACH OF THE ROWS HAVING THE ELONGATED BEAMS THEREIN ARRANGED IN ABUTTING END-TO END RELATIONSHIP, SAID ELONGATED BEAMS HAVING INTERENGAGING MALE AND FEMALE ENDS FOR PREVENTING SIDEWISE MOVEMENT OF ONE BEAM WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER, EACH OF SAID ELONGATED BEAMS HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE, A BOTTOM SURFACE RESTING ON SAID ROAD BED, AND FLAT INSIDE WALL PORTIONS THAT SLOPE DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY; A PLURALITY OF PRECAST CONCRETE ACROSS BEAMS, EACH OF THE CROSS BEAMS HAVING A TOP SURFACE, A BOTTOM SURFACE, AND OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ENDS WHICH ARE CONTINUOUS BETWEEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES OF THE CROSS BEAMS, SAID ENDS SLOPING INWARDLY COMPLEMENTARY IN SLOPE TO THE DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY SLOPING INSIDE WALL PORTIONS OF THE ELONGATED BEAMS, SAID CROSS BEAMS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND EACH EXTENDING BETWEEN OPPOSITELY DISPOSED DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY SLOPING INSIDE WALL PORTIONS OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ELONGATED BEAMS IN THE SPACED ROWS OF ELONGATED BEAMS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH CROSS BEAM TO SAID DOWNWARDLY AND OUTWARDLY SLOPING INSIDE WALL PORTIONS OF SAID OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ELONGATED BEAMS IN SAID SPACED ROWS SUCH THAT SAID BEAMS ENDS ABUT AGAINST SAID INSIDE WALL PORTIONS, AND MEANS FOR ANCHORING A TRACTION RAIL ALONG THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE ELONGATED CONCRETE BEAMS OF EACH ROW.