Abstract: To make a ballast-free permanent rail way, an asphalt base is applied to a substructure comprised of concrete. Railway ties, which have a recess in the center on their underside, are laid on the asphalt base. In order to secure the ties against transverse forces and to assure accurate fitting and wear-free anchoring, the ties have a first bore in the center and the substructure has a blind bore. The blind bore is filled with an adhesive and then a dowel or a threaded rod is inserted into the blind bore which passes through a sliding spacer sleeve inserted into the first bore.

Abstract: A railroad railway for rail-mounted vehicles capable of high speed travel includes a track grating formed of rails and ties with the ties partially embedded in a poured-in-place steel reinforced concrete slab. The concrete slab is mounted on a continuous concrete substructure with a separating layer arranged between the slab and substructure. A single layer of steel reinforcement is located in the concrete slab spaced below the ties. The slab is dimensioned so that it serves only for plate-like stiffening of the track grating without any appreciable inherent bending resistance. The slab is secured against longitudinal and transverse displacement of the substructure, while the substructure is dimensioned to absorb bending moments developed in the longitudinal direction of the rails. The concrete slab is divided in the longitudinal direction by transversely extending expansion joints whereby sections of the slab can be replaced if damage occurs.

Abstract: Anchor for a railway tie embedded in ballast. In order to further simplify the installation of such an anchor, the clamp is constructed in two or more parts. With an anchor construction having a clamp gripping the tie on both sides, the clamp parts are constructed of approximately the same size in order to form clamp halves, the connection is formed as a pivot arrangement and in the region of the connection position a tightening means is provided for producing a tightening force clamping the clamp halves on the tie.