Switch point guard

In a switch point guard for railroad track having a guard rail positioned to prevent flanges and railroad wheels from striking the switch point, said guard rail being carried on support members for rigid retention at a fixed, predetermined position relative to the track, the improvement comprising, in combination:

• said guard rail being carried by horizontally positioned guard rail plate means attached to the side of said guard rail, apertures defined in said rail plate means, reversible chock plate means positioned in said apertures, said chock plate means defining an aperture off center in the direction perpendicular to said guard rail, said support members defining attached projecting members occupying said off center apertures, whereby peripheral edges of said chock plate occupy different positions depending upon which side thereof faces toward said track, and the predetermined position of said guard rail can accordingly be varied, each support member including a support piece which abuts a rail of the railroad track with an edge profiled to mate with the side of said rail, and in which said support members are directly secured to a rail of said railroad track by strap member means bolted between said support members and said rail of the railroad track, the bolt attached to said rail projecting through an aperture in said rail.