Abstract: A rail fastening device comprises a curved tapered spring having free ends adapted to engage a rail flange for preventing lateral and tilting motion of the rail. The spring is secured by a fastening element having a detent which is rotated and slid into a shaped hole in an anchor embedded in the tie on which the rail is supported.

Abstract: A cam actuated elastic rail securing device comprises a spring member which is adapted to engage the flange of a rail and to cooperate with a rotary cam element to apply an elastic restraining force to the rail when the cam is rotated relative to an anchor and slid axially to lock the cam against reverse rotation.

Abstract: A rail fastening apparatus for cooperation with a rail which is supported on and extends transversely across a tie. The apparatus comprising a steel support positioned adjacent one side of the rail and having a leg portion which is buried in the tie and an upper portion which projects upwardly above the tie. A lever is pivotally supported on the upper portion for swinging movement about an axis which extends substantially parallel with the longitudinally extending direction of the rail. The lever has a cam associated therewith. A spring-receiver structure is mounted on the tie and positioned on the opposite side of the axis from the rail, and an elongated plate-like spring extends between the spring-receiver structure and the rail. The spring has one end supported on the spring-receiver structure and the other end supported on a flange of the rail.