Apparatus And Components For Turnout/Crossover Section For Railway Track

Gauge spacing apparatus for positioning pot sleepers for turnout rails having a desired gauge distance and which are provided between a pair of railway tracks which are separated from one another by a rail spacing distance, the gauge spacing apparatus comprising:

• a first guide member adapted to be substantially aligned with and secured to pot sleepers of a first turnout rail;
• and
• a second guide member adapted to be substantially aligned with and secured to pot sleepers of a second adjacent turnout rail and at least a spacing member between the first and second guide members such that said desired gauge between the turnout rails is maintained and wherein at least one of the first and second guide members is provided with adjustable sleeper engagement brackets which are adapted to selectively translate along at least a portion of the first or second guide members in order to allow the sleeper engagement brackets of the first guide member to be secured to pot sleepers which are interstitially positioned between existing sleepers of the first railway track and for the sleeper engagement brackets of the second guide member to be secured to pot sleepers which are interstitially positioned between existing sleepers of the second railway track.

A support framework for supporting by way of an existing rail of a railway track a planar supporting member spanning over said existing rail, the support framework comprising:

• an outer side support box adapted to rest on a portion of existing rail sleeper and engage with a longitudinal outer side of said existing rail, and an inner side support box adapted to rest on a portion of the existing rail sleeper and engage with a longitudinal inner side of said existing rail;
• a clamping arrangement adapted to clamp the existing rail longitudinally between the outer and inner side support boxes in order to thereby secure said boxes to said existing rail to thereby locate said planar supporting member when placed upon the support boxes and over the existing rail.