The present invention is an improved device for joining together railway rails. The rails have a head portion, a web portion and a toe portion. The joining device includes first and second elongated metal joint bars for holding the abutting ends of the rails together. The joint bars span the ends of the rails and hold the rails together by mounting to the rails. The joint bars are mounted to each rail on opposite sides of the web portions of each rail. The joint bars are configured to mount to the web portions of the rail between the head and toe portion of each rail. The joining device further includes first and second stiffener plates mounted to the first and second joint bars, respectively, such that the joint bars and the web portion of the rails are sandwiched between the stiffener plates. The stiffener plates each having a top portion, a bottom portion and opposite lower ends. The stiffener plates span the abutting ends of the rail. The bottom portion of the stiffener plates are dimensioned and configured to extend below the toe portion of the rails and the opposite lower ends of the stiffener plates are notched to accommodate the ties.
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