Insulated single end gauge rod for North America

Insulated single end gauge rod is also called gauge tie rod or gauge tie bar, is a member bar that is specially designed to joint two steel rails at the rail bottom to protect the rails from tilting and keep the rails in certain rail gauge.

Technical Parameter of Insulated single end gauge rod

Material: Q235, 45#,etc.

Style: Double end, non-insulated

Main components:

1-1/4" rod --2each

Gauge rod clip-- 1each

Hex nut--1each

Lock washer-- 1each

Track stype of Insulated single end gauge rod

Single-end gauge rods hold the gauge by utilizing the outward pressure of wheels against the outer curved rail. 

Photo of Insulated single end gauge rod

Application for Guage rod

As an important accessory for railroad tracks, rail gauge tie rod helps to improve the rails’ lateral stability and also the ability to keep rail distance. There are some railways that with track circuit, then it should use the insulated rail gauge rod which adopts high insulation resistance material to separate the circuit between two rails apart. Rail gauge may deviated if gauge tie rod is serious lacked, it may cause derailment or even overturned when the train passing by.