Railway switch with lubricious liner

A railway switch system comprising:

• an elongate rail having a mounting flange thereon, the mounting flange having a first exterior surface;
• a base plate having a second exterior surface that faces the first exterior surface, the elongate rail being supported by and laterally movable relative to the base plate;
• a lubricious liner disposed between the base plate and the mounting flange and mounted in parallel engagement on top of a substrate, the substrate being the second exterior surface, and
• the lubricious liner:
• (i) having an exposed bearing surface,
• (ii) having a first width,
• (iii) extending continuously across the first width, and
• (iv) being substantially planar;
• wherein the lubricious liner consists of a non-metallic substantially graphite free material consisting of a blend of polymer resin, polymer fibers and a polymer lubricant;
• and
• comprising a counter-face layer removably retained on the mounting flange and in sliding engagement with an exposed bearing surface of the lubricious liner.

A railway switch system comprising:

• an elongate rail having a mounting flange thereon, the mounting flange having a first exterior surface;
• a counter-face layer removably retained on the mounting flange;
• a base plate having a second exterior surface that faces the first exterior surface, the elongate rail being supported by and laterally movable relative to the base plate;
• a lubricious liner disposed between the base plate and the mounting flange and mounted in parallel engagement on top of a substrate, the substrate being the counter-face layer, and
• the lubricious liner:
• (i) having an exposed bearing surface,
• (ii) having a first width,
• (iii) extending continuously across the first width, and
• (iv) being substantially planar;
• wherein the lubricious liner consists of a non-metallic substantially graphite free material consisting of a blend of polymer resin, polymer fibers and a polymer lubricant;
• and
• an exposed bearing surface of the lubricious liner is in sliding engagement with the second exterior surface of the base plate.