First and foremost is the reason of fire safety..2 generators in each EOG, run by diesel, means lot of safety involved.
Each EOG consist of 2 generators each, so 2 EOGs means 4 generators at time, out of which 2 will remain on-line while 2 are standby.
This is based on discussion I had with railmen in EOG of 12494.
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