In message , Terry Flynn writes
The same thing applies to a diamond crossing, which is a slip without the slip roads.
On the prototype any diamond crossing/slip with an angle greater than 1 in 9 is constructed with movable blades at the K crossings, because of the danger of wheels taking the wrong road. On the lines out of Charing Cross and London Bridge almost every diamond crossing and slip is of this type. I notice that a large part of the middle of these diamond crossings and slips has been liberally painted in whitewash, no doubt to warn track maintenance staff of the dangers of these movable blades.