Why isn't EMU + Loco not used more for running over gaps in wired areas?

[Deepgreen]

Double negative in thread title may confuse!

 

[bspahh]

I don't know how familiar people on Railforums are with the wonderful XKCD, but I offer here this little nugget from the pen of Randall Munroe:

If you go to the page where the image is posted, there is usually some mouseover text which is relevant too.

There is also https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/927:_Standards which has a detailed explanation

For any engineering task, there are numerous ways a given problem can be solved. The more complex the task, the more room for diversity. That's all well and good for a one-off problem, but if a design is meant to be iterated over time, or if an entire industry is solving that same problem, part reuse and interoperability become issues to deal with ...

 

[Bartsimho]

I don't know how familiar people on Railforums are with the wonderful XKCD, but I offer here this little nugget from the pen of Randall Munroe:

If you go to the page where the image is posted, there is usually some mouseover text which is relevant too.

At least regulatory bodies can then force the discontinuation of those other standards

 

[Bovverboy]

The only instance I know of the top of my head about now is the royal mail trains. I think I've seen a few times in the continent.
Surely it would be cheaper to have a few 67s sitting at uckfield han keeping two sets of stock like southern currently do

What would be the point of having 67s sitting at Uckfield?