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diamond crossover en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after the diamond crossing in its center.

Meanings

1. superimposed pair of railway crossovers, resembling a letter X, permitting to travel in either direction between a pair of parallel tracks
   • "A diamond crossover provides each track with access to the entire yard." 1958, S. Kip Farrington, Railroads of the Hour, page 230:
   • "Increased height is necessary when scales or a double hump lead with diamond crossover is placed on the descending slope of the hump." 1956, Robert William Abbett, American Civil Engineering Practice, page 2:
   • ~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."
   • "In 15 is illustrated the diamond crossover, one of the many kinds in common use." 1916, Lee O. Kellogg, editor, Details of Practical Mining, page 458:
   • 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."
   • "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." 2002 August, Paul Jannotti, “Thinking outside the box on light rail: Hudson-Bergen project”, in Railway Track and Structures:
   • "Each chamber contains a diamond crossover designed for 60 km/h running." 1995, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), The Channel Tunnel, →ISBN, page 20:
   • "It travelled on until the bogie fouled a diamond crossover at the north end of the station where derailment became complete." 1955, L.T.C. Rolt, Red for Danger: A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety Precautions, page 104:

Forms

Hypernyms

double crossover

Synonyms

scissors crossover · scissor crossover

Translations (6)

fr bretelle (type of railway crossover) · ga trasnasc dúbailte (type of railway crossover) · fr jonction double (type of railway crossover) · fi puolenvaihtovaihde (type of railway crossover) · fr croisement double (type of railway crossover) · ro bretelă (type of railway crossover)