Types of Rail Anchors
Jan 04, 2026
Rail anchors or Anticreepers are spring steel clips that attach to the underside of the rail baseplate and bear against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail, either from changes in temperature or through vibration.
- Main Function：Rail anchor are spring steel clip that attach to the underside of the rail baseplate and bear against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail.
- Surface Treatment：Color Painting, Plain oiled, Black Oxide, etc
- Material：60Si2Mn or 65Mn
Types of rail anchors
1. Rail anchors are always used in steel rails such as 50kg, 85kg, UIC54, UIC60, 90/91lb, 115RE, 136RE, just to name a few. We can produce T or V-shaped rail anchors as well as other types according to clients' requirements, by forging or casting.
Rail anchors specifications
| Type |
Used in 50Kg, 85Kg,90/91LB, 115RE /136RE ,UIC54 & UIC60 rail, or other types upon customers' drawings. |
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| Material | 60Si2MnA | 45# | QT500-7 |
| Chemical composition(%) |
C:0.56-0.64, Mn:0.60-0.90, Si:1.60-2.00, Cr:≤0.35, P:≤0.03, S:≤0.03
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C:0.42-0.50, Mn:0.50-0.80, Si:0.17-0.37, Cr:≤0.25, P:≤0.035, S:≤0.035 |
C:3.60-3.80, Mn:≤0.6, Si:2.50-2.90, P:≤0.08, S:≤0.025 |
| Surface | plain (oiled),color painting, zinc painted or HDG | ||
| Standard | AS1085.10-20002 , DIN, ISO-9001 | ||
2. Generally speaking, based on our former production experience, most common material for rail anchor production is 60Si2MnA, which is often used for rails such as 50kg, 70lb, 80lb, 90/91lb and so on.
| Type | Material | Weight(g/pc) |
| 50Kg | 60Si2MnA | 800 |
| 70LB | 60Si2MnA | 800 |
| 85LB | 60Si2MnA | 800 |
| 90/91LB | 60Si2MnA | 800 |
3. Rail anchors for Russia market : high grade ductile iron castings
Russian rail anchor is often used in railways by casting, which is made from material of QT400-15. All related mechanical properties of it are strictly following with the standard of TOCT 7293-85.
Rail Anchor Can Prevent Railway Line Crawling
- Line Crawling--Because of the train operation when the longitudinal effect, which makes the rail longitudinal mobile even drive the sleeper, this phenomenon is called the line crawling.
- Dangers of Line Crawling--Rail gap uneven and sleeper skew can cause great damage to the track, endangering traffic safety.
- Measure of Prevent Climbing-- Install rail anchor.
GNEE RAIL supplies rail anchors that fit various rail section dimensions such as 85LB, 90LB, 115RE, 132RE UIC54, UIC60, 50kg, etc. The products are manufactured based on high standards and have passed the ISO9001 certificate, proving to compete in different conditions.
