Railroad Track, transition from Ballast to set into a Concreted area

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Hi, does anyone have any info or photos of the above scenario, please? I am looking to create Rails set into an Industrial Concreted area but I am unsure of exactly how a Spur that leaves the main in Ballast meets up to a Concrete Pad, which would be reinforced for Trackmobiles & Trucks etc. I have run a search to no avail. Any help please. Paul

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They don’t really do anything special. If you look around a place with a lot of tracks in concrete, like Baltimore, you’ll see that tracks just go right into the concrete with either a hard edge to the concrete or the ties buried in ballast. But there’s nothing special like a transition zone.

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Everywhere I have seen rail go into the concrete it is just as NittanyLion describes.

Nothing special, just abruptly the ties and rail are buried in the concrete.

-Kevin

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Pretty-much the same for this crossing…

…and likewise here…

…whether it’s concrete or pavement.

Wayne

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Hi Guys, great stuff. That answers that one nice and neatly. In the UK I have never seen any examples to go off and should any Railway Co. so much as ever dare to raise the subject of possible Street-running of Locos with Trains or even an Interurban, such as the NICTD - there would be sheets of lightning erupting from every percievable objector you could imagine. Thanks, Paul