diamond crossover
English
Etymology
Named after the diamond crossing in its center.
Noun
diamond crossover (plural diamond crossovers)
- (rail transport) superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling a letter X, permitting to travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks
- 1916, Lee O. Kellogg, editor, Details of Practical Mining[1], page 458:
- "In 15 is illustrated the diamond crossover, one of the many kinds in common use."
- 1955, L.T.C. Rolt, Red for Danger: A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety Precautions[2], page 104:
- "It travelled on until the bogie fouled a diamond crossover at the north end of the station where derailment became complete."
- 1956, Robert William Abbett, American Civil Engineering Practice[3], page 2:
- "Increased height is necessary when scales or a double hump lead with diamond crossover is placed on the descending slope of the hump."
- 1958, S. Kip Farrington, Railroads of the Hour[4], page 230:
- "A diamond crossover provides each track with access to the entire yard."
- 2002 August, Paul Jannotti, “Thinking outside the box on light rail: Hudson-Bergen project”, in Railway Track and Structures:
- "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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Translations
type of railway crossover
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