Railway sleeper and clip for securing a rail thereto

Claim 1

An arrangement for mounting a rail having base flanges, comprising a railway sleeper including two spaced tie-beams and a distance piece connecting said tie-beams, each tie beam having on its supper surface a central portion for supporting a rail, a depression on each side of said central portion, a raised support area outboard of each depression, and a bolt projecting upwardly from each depression, each bolt having a single shank portion embedded in its respective tie-beam and an enlarged head at its upper end integral with said shank and projecting laterally on opposite sides of said shank, the area of each depression when viewed in plan being at least several times larger than that of said bolt head, an inherently resilient clip including a base and a pair of spaced-apart limbs, extending in generally the same direction from said base, said limbs extending beneath said bolt head at two spaced-apart positions, a wedge between said support area of said tie-beam and said base of said clip, and a spacing member between the ends of said limbs opposite said base and a flange of the rail.