Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai

Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai
	File:BIA WAP7 Goel TMT.jpg Bhilai based Goel TMT bar advertised WAP-7
	Location within Chhattisgarh
Location
Location	Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
Coordinates	21°12′11″N 81°25′14″E / 21.2030°N 81.4206°ECoordinates: 21°12′11″N 81°25′14″E / 21.2030°N 81.4206°E
Characteristics
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	South East Central Railways
Depot code	BIA
Type	Engine shed
Rolling stock	WAP-7 ; WAG-7 ; WAG-9
History
Opened	24 January 1970; 54 years ago
Former rolling stock	WAM-4 ; WAG-5

Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Bhilai of the South East Central Railway zone in Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the two electric loco sheds in the SECR the other being at Bilaspur (BSP).

History[edit]

New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the 1980s with WAM-4 class. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service.

Operations[edit]

Being one of the two electric loco sheds in South East Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 300 engine units, including 51 WAP-7, 46 WAG-7 and 203 WAG-9. Like all locomotive sheds, BIA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. BIA locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north and south as well.^[1]

Livery & markings[edit]

Bhilai WAP-7 locomotive has Goel TMT livery on loco's body side.

Bhilai loco shed has its own stencils. It is written in Bold letters in both English and Hindi language.

Locomotives[edit]

SN	Type of Loco	HP	Holding	Images
1.	WAP-7	6350	51
2.	WAG-7	5350	46
3.	WAG-9	6120	203	File:BIA WAG9HC TWINS.jpg
Total locomotives active as of May 2022^[2]			300

References[edit]

↑ "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
↑ "e-Locos".

External links[edit]

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[sheds-1] "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

[2] "e-Locos".

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