Abstract: A rail gauging shoe including a body portion, an elongated flat relatively thin top portion on the body portion for placement in contiguous relationship to the top of a rail, an elongated relatively thin first side portion extending transversely to the top portion for placement in contiguous relationship to the side of a rail facing another rail of a pair of railroad tracks, a second side portion extending transversely to the top portion on the opposite side thereof from the first side portion, first chamfered portions on the ends of the first portion, second chamfered portions at the ends of the second side portion, a plurality of screws extending through the second side portion for securing the body portion to a rail with the first side portion in abutting relationship to the rail, and a tongue extending outwardly from the first side portion for attachment to a pulling device.