... in the 4ft way. Or to put it another way, one rail of the running line crosses inside the diamond. If you ignore the other side road, that makes that part essentially the same as an outside slip. I don't think this formation has a name of its own. You can certainly call it a scissors crossover, but if you do so most readers would assume something different. regards, Martin. posted: 31 Dec 2012 19:02 from: Stephen Freeman Hi, You mean something like this? 142_311400_500000000.jpg posted: 3 Jan 2013 19:24 from: Paul Boyd Odd how these things pop up- I just happened to be reading Chris Pendlenton's Ivatt 4MT article in MRJ175, and there on page 136 is another example of this formation! Built by Norman Solomon for a client's Shrewsbury layout in 7mm scale. I'd better not post it because of copyright issues. To quote:- "You can call it an interlaced scissor." posted: 5 Jan 2013 09:48 from: JFS I like it as well. ...