Railway tie collar system

A railway tie collar comprising a lower enlarged ground engaging bell having an upper wall, means for supporting a primary cross tie comprising a top wall and a pair of transverse vertical walls secured between said top wall and said upper wall to define a transverse open end cavity, and means for supporting a secondary tie comprising a ledge extending from said bell and having an upper surface, said upper surface being substantially level with said upper wall.

A railway rail and crossing structure comprising a plurality of opposed spaced pairs of tie collars arranged in parallel lines, each of said tie collars comprising an enlarged lower ground engaging portion, an upper portion, and a transverse open ended cavity through said upper portion, the tie collars in each line being in a closely spaced relationship, a plurality of cross ties extending between the opposed fie collars and received in the transverse cavities thereof, horizontal support surfaces on the lower portions of adjacent tie collars, a plurality of secondary cross ties supported on said horizontal support surfaces between opposed tie collars, and a crossing structure supported on said primary and secondary ties.