APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING DAMAGE TO RAILS AND RAILWAY CROSSOVERS

A method of repairing a defect in a damaged rail of a railroad track comprises positioning a rail profiling device on the rails of the railroad track proximate a defect; securing the rail profiling device to the railroad; adjusting its grinder according to a selected value of wheel cone angle to create a profiled running surface over a portion of the damaged rail; creating a median zone using the grinder to remove material from the damaged rail adjacent the defect at a depth corresponding to at least a maximum depth of the defect; creating an incline from the top of the rail and leading to the median zone and one incline leaving the median zone to the top of the rail by using the grinder to grinding material off the damaged rail. 'a .0 A4 AN d (N d Urn Urn rIn en In r(4 (N I- '4 (N w (N (N4 i'- (N -4