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{
"etymology_text": "Named after the diamond crossing in its center.",
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"name": "Rail transportation",
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{
"ref": "1916, Lee O. Kellogg, editor, Details of Practical Mining, page 458",
"text": "In 15 is illustrated the diamond crossover, one of the many kinds in common use.",
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{
"ref": "1955, L.T.C. Rolt, Red for Danger: A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety Precautions, page 104",
"text": "It travelled on until the bogie fouled a diamond crossover at the north end of the station where derailment became complete.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1956, Robert William Abbett, American Civil Engineering Practice, page 2",
"text": "Increased height is necessary when scales or a double hump lead with diamond crossover is placed on the descending slope of the hump.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1958, S. Kip Farrington, Railroads of the Hour, page 230",
"text": "A diamond crossover provides each track with access to the entire yard.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), The Channel Tunnel, page 20",
"text": "Each chamber contains a diamond crossover designed for 60 km/h running.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002 August, Paul Jannotti, “Thinking outside the box on light rail: Hudson-Bergen project”, in Railway Track and Structures",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2004 — U.S. Federal Register, v. 69 #101, May 25, 2004, p. 29780.\n\"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.\""
},
{
"text": "~2005 — Robert Ferreira, \"North Springs Branch\", in \"MARTA North Springs and Doraville Branches\", http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/marta-northbranches.html.\n\"In December, 1999 a new diamond crossover interlocking was placed into service at Medical Center.\""
}
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"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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"word": "double crossover"
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"(rail transport) 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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"word": "scissors crossover"
},
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"word": "scissor crossover"
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"railways",
"transport"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"word": "puolenvaihtovaihde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bretelle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "jonction double"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "croisement double"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trasnasc dúbailte"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"diamond crossover"
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}
],
"word": "diamond crossover"
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"etymology_text": "Named after the diamond crossing in its center.",
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"ref": "1916, Lee O. Kellogg, editor, Details of Practical Mining, page 458",
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},
{
"ref": "1955, L.T.C. Rolt, Red for Danger: A History of Railway Accidents and Railway Safety Precautions, page 104",
"text": "It travelled on until the bogie fouled a diamond crossover at the north end of the station where derailment became complete.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1956, Robert William Abbett, American Civil Engineering Practice, page 2",
"text": "Increased height is necessary when scales or a double hump lead with diamond crossover is placed on the descending slope of the hump.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1958, S. Kip Farrington, Railroads of the Hour, page 230",
"text": "A diamond crossover provides each track with access to the entire yard.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1995, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), The Channel Tunnel, page 20",
"text": "Each chamber contains a diamond crossover designed for 60 km/h running.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002 August, Paul Jannotti, “Thinking outside the box on light rail: Hudson-Bergen project”, in Railway Track and Structures",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "2004 — U.S. Federal Register, v. 69 #101, May 25, 2004, p. 29780.\n\"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.\""
},
{
"text": "~2005 — Robert Ferreira, \"North Springs Branch\", in \"MARTA North Springs and Doraville Branches\", http://world.nycsubway.org/us/atlanta/marta-northbranches.html.\n\"In December, 1999 a new diamond crossover interlocking was placed into service at Medical Center.\""
}
],
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],
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"(rail transport) 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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"word": "scissors crossover"
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"word": "scissor crossover"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"word": "puolenvaihtovaihde"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "bretelle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "jonction double"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "croisement double"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "type of railway crossover",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "trasnasc dúbailte"
}
],
"word": "diamond crossover"
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