From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 03-Mar-16 14:00, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > For a green over red, (Rule 281 Clear--Proceed), does it make any   
   > difference if the signal is a home signal at an interlocking, or a   
   > block signal with a number plate?   
   >   
   > The illustration in the NORAC book showed only a signal head without   
   > a number plate.   
      
   The number plate is _only_ needed to distinguish Stop and Proceed from   
   Stop and Stay, which both use red, red/red or red/red/red aspects; for   
   anything else, a number plate has no effect, so it is left out of the   
   diagrams for simplicity.   
      
   > Can I presume "normal speed" is defined in the employees timetable   
   > for that particular stretch of track and particular type of train?   
      
   Yes.   
      
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