I think it would be so much more productive if the manufacturers talked to each other...
Yes, you could argue that it would be monopolising the market, and they could increase prices, but the benefits outweigh the losses
This would prevent duplication of items and allow more flexibility, which DAPOL have shown by having smaller runs of more individual locos
So far Farish have produced just two Class 66s in EWS livery, yet this is the bulk of the fleet
DAPOL plugged that gap, and will no doubt add to this with more releases this year, including the dummy Class 66
It will be interesting to compare the Farish version of the Class 22x units, to the recent DAPOL version, which seems to have been plagued with a few problems
I suspect the Farish version will be an improvement, but will be overtaken by an updated DAPOL version later in the year (now that DAPOL know where the problems are)