Railway rail and fastening arrangement

Claim 1

A RAILWAY TRACK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RAILWAY SLEEPER, A FLANGE-FOOTED RAIL RESTING CROSSWISE ON THE SLEEPER, ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL BETWEEN THE RAIL AND THE SLEEPER, AN ANCHORING MEMBER FIXED TO THE SLEEPER, PORTIONS OF THE ANCHORING MEMBER DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PASSAGE IN THE ANCHORING MEMBER BESIDE THE RAIL FLANGE AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF THE RAIL, A FIXED UNYIELDING SURFACE WHICH, AS SEEN FROM THE RAIL, IS DISPOSED OUTWARD OF SAID PASSAGE, AN ELONGATE MEMBER OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL OF SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED CROSS-SECTION HAVING ONE LEG OF THE L LYING ON THE TOP OF THE RAIL FLANGE AND THE OTHER LEG OF THE L LYING BETWEEN THE OUTER EDGE OF THE RAIL FLANGE AND SAID PORTIONS OF THE ANCHORING MEMBER AND ALSO HAVING TWO PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID OTHER LEG ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ANCHORING MEMBER FOR ABUTTING THE ANCHORING MEMBER IN THE EVENT OF THERE BEING ANY TENDENCY FOR SAID ELONGATE MEMBER TO MOVE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF THE RAIL, AND A RESILIENT RAILWAY RAIL-FASTENING MEMBER OF ROD FORM HAVING ONE PORTION CONSTITUTING A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT LEG AND LYING IN SAID PASSAGE, ANOTHER PORTION BEARING DOWNWARDLY UPON SAID ONE LEG OF SAID ELONGATE MEMBER AND A FURTHER PORTION BEARING DOWNWARDLY UPON SAID FIXED UNYIELDING SURFACE.