L. B. Foster Company

Arka Prabha Roy

Robert L Alsop

Michael Patrick O'Connell

Korhan Ciloglu

Sidney Shue

An end post () for a rail joint assembly comprising: a top portion () consisting essentially of a first electrically insulating material comprising a fiber reinforced polymer material and having a profile substantially identical to cross-sectional shapes of rail head sections of first and second rails of the rail joint assembly; a base () having a profile substantially identical to cross-sectional shapes of rail base sections of first and second rails of the rail joint assembly; and a stem () disposed between the top portion () and the base (); wherein the stem () and the base () consist essentially of a second electrically insulating material comprising a polymer material.

Composite rail joint end post

A bonded, direct fixation fastener as supportive structure for a rail on a railroad bed comprising: a substantially rectangular rail plate, wherein the rail plate has a generally horizontal center portion having a lower face and an upper face and wherein the rail plate defines an outer perimeter having a face defining a first angle to the railroad bed, the rail plate having attachment means to attach to the rail; a substantially rectangular bottom member defines an inner perimeter having a face defining a second angle to the railroad bed; and a substantially rectangular elastomeric portion disposed between, and bonded to each of, the outer perimeter and face of the rail plate and the inner perimeter and face of the bottom member.

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Arka Prabha Roy