Track system including a guardrail

A method of providing a track system for a railway system, the method comprising:

• disposing a first standard rail as a drive rail on which wheels of a train car used in the railway system are configured to roll;
• and
• disposing a second modified standard rail as a guardrail that is configured to contact the wheels to prevent the wheels from slipping off the drive rail;
• supporting the guardrail with two brace plates, the two brace plates forming an opening in which the guardrail is received;
• holding the guardrail against the two brace plates with a wedge block that is connected to the two brace plates by a fastener assembly.

A railway track system, comprising:

• a base plate;
• a guardrail comprising a head portion, a web portion, and a base portion, the head portion of the guardrail configured to contact wheels of a train car, which roll on a drive rail, to prevent the wheels from slipping off the drive rail, the web portion of the guardrail connecting the head portion of the guardrail and the base portion of the guardrail, and the base portion of the guardrail being retained in a support connected to the base plate;
• two brace plates connected to the base plate, the two brace plates supporting the guardrail in an opening defined by the two brace plates:
• a wedge block contacting both the web portion of the guardrail and the base portion of the guardrail, such that the guardrail is disposed between the wedge block and the two brace plates;
• and
• a fastener assembly fastening the wedge block to the two brace plates.