Meaning of diamond crossover | Babel Free

Definitions

superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling a letter X, permitting to travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks

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Examples

“"In 15 is illustrated the diamond crossover, one of the many kinds in common use."”

“"It travelled on until the bogie fouled a diamond crossover at the north end of the station where derailment became complete."”

“"Increased height is necessary when scales or a double hump lead with diamond crossover is placed on the descending slope of the hump."”

“"A diamond crossover provides each track with access to the entire yard."”

“"Each chamber contains a diamond crossover designed for 60 km/h running."”

“"The closed-deck ballasted bridge is double-tracked and opens up to a third track through a combination diamond-crossover and double-slip switch before it reaches the bulkhead on the Hoboken side."”

“2004 — U.S. Federal Register, v. 69 #101, May 25, 2004, p. 29780. "The reason given for the proposed changes is that the crossover and switches were installed to replace a diamond crossover. The BNSF is taking their north connecting track out of service, so the control point with the crossover is no longer needed."”

“~2005 — Robert Ferreira, "North Springs Branch", in "MARTA North Springs and Doraville Branches", http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/marta-northbranches.html. "In December, 1999 a new diamond crossover interlocking was placed into service at Medical Center."”

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