Diamond crossing

A track piece where two tracks cross without allowing the train to change track.

Dutch

kruising

German

Kreuzung

Example

Märklin C track 24640 crosses at 24.3° and 24649 at 48.6°. Kato Unitrack N 20-320 crosses at a right angle.

Märklin C track: articles, geometry and the track planner

Articles using this term

• Laying track: from plan to baseboard
• DC and AC: two-rail and three-rail explained
• Sectional track or flexible track: which should you choose?
• The double slip: when you need one
• Gradients: how steep can a model train climb?
• Minitrix or Fleischmann piccolo: the differences side by side
• Train runs jerkily: dirty track or wheels
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Piko A-Gleis or Roco geoLine: the differences side by side
• An N layout on 100 x 50 cm: what fits?
• Hidden staging and fiddle yards: trains out of sight
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• Roco geoLine or Roco Line: the differences side by side
• The figure eight: crossing or bridge?
• An H0 layout on 240 x 120 cm: what fits?
• The oval: the simplest layout and how to expand it
• The Auto-designer: layouts from your own track
• Give your old box of track a second life
• Eras I to VI: what do they mean?
• The dogbone: a long run on a narrow baseboard
• The reversing loop: how it works and how to avoid a short circuit
• An H0 layout on 180 x 90 cm: what fits?
• Märklin C track or Märklin K track: the differences side by side

See also

• Double slip
• Single slip
• Figure of eight