Abstract: A railroad switch stand for moving switch points between a pair of stock rails having a worm and gear drive connection between an operator driven input shaft and an output shaft connected to the switch points.

Abstract: A rail brace assembly for buttressing the head of a rail resting on the top surface of a brace plate by engaging fishing surfaces formed on the head and base of the rail. The assembly includes a rail brace having an upper slanted surface for engaging the head fishing surface, a lower surface for engaging the base fishing surface, a bottom surface adapted to rest upon the brace plate, a front surface for receiving one leg of a resilient fastener and a pair of laterally extending ears. The assembly further includes a shoulder having laterally extending side surfaces and an opening for receiving another leg of the resilient fastener. The ears of the rail brace overlie the laterally extending side surfaces of the support to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail brace.

Abstract: An adjustable switch point guard includes a wear bar rigidly affixed to an adjustment plate. The adjustment plate is mounted on a fixed base plate which is attached to railroad ties. A threaded fastener on one of the adjustment plate or the base plate engages a first pair of bores in the other of the adjustment plate or the base plate to position the wear bar and adjustment plate 54 relative to a switch point and a fixed rail. Additional setes of bores are provided to enable the adjustment plate and wear bar to be moved relative to the base plate.