Abstract: A hook bolt for fastening rails to hollow sleepers, in particular steel sleepers, including an engagement element made of cast metal, which has a hook-shaped insertion section and a contact section, which has a receiving space for receiving a threaded element, wherein the threaded element has a threaded bolt and a receiving shoe and the receiving shoe is dimensioned in such a way that the receiving shoe can be inserted into the receiving space of the contact section in a form-fit manner.

Abstract: A securing device for a railway rail includes a fixing rod having a first end in the form of a spring head which bears on the shoe of the rail. The rod extends through a shim and has a second end is configured like a hook and is held in an anchoring sheath embedded in a support. The anchoring sheath includes a shoulder for tensioning the spring head under the shoe of the rail after the rod has been rotated by a half turn. The tensioning of the rod also results from the slope of the upper surface of the shim which extends upwardly and continues the slope of the shoe of the rail.

Abstract: A device for clamping a railroad rail to a concrete tie includes a hollow vertical member which projects down into the tie alongside the rail and has an interior bearing surface which projects downwardly and inwardly toward the centerline of the tie. A generally C-shaped spring is disposed with its upper end abutting an upwardly facing surface on the rail and its center portion projecting down into the hollow member, the lower end of the spring abutting the bearing surface. A wedge acts between another interior bearing surface on the member and the center portion of the spring to flex the latter somewhat and cause the spring to clamp the rail tightly against the tie.