Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet

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Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet
Location
LocationKazipet, Telangana
Coordinates17°58′26″N 79°30′40″E / 17.974°N 79.511°E / 17.974; 79.511Coordinates: 17°58′26″N 79°30′40″E / 17.974°N 79.511°E / 17.974; 79.511
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorSouth Central Railways
Depot codeKZJ
TypeEngine shed
Rolling stockWAG-7
WAG-9
History
Opened2006; 18 years ago (2006)

Electric Loco Shed, Kazipet is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Kazipet of the South Central Railway zone in Telangana, India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the SCR the others being at Lallaguda (LGD) and Vijayawada (BZA). As of 1 May 2022 there are 187 locomotives in the Shed.

History[edit]

After South Central Railway set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds were decommissioned.[1] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Andhra Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of electrification the Kazipet was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[2] The trip Shed was inaugurated on 14 October 2004 and the main Shed was inaugurated on 1 March 2008 with a holding of 100 locos. The shed augmentation works from 100 to 125 locos was sanctioned and implemented. [3]

Operations[edit]

Being one of the three electric engine sheds in South Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 125 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 187 engine units, including 80 WAG-7 and 107 WAG-9. Like all locomotive sheds, KZJ does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.[4] Like all locomotive sheds, KZJ does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at KZJ but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Kazipet ELS along with Vijayawada ELS were the regular links for all freight trains running through Andhra Pradesh (Former) now Telangana when widespread electrification of railway lines started in South Central Railways.

Livery and Markings[edit]

Kazipet ELS has its own logo and stencils. Mostly the shed uses sticker marks for identification which is present on looks front and back body. KZJ based locos have standardised livery all over India.

Locomotives[edit]

SN Type of Loco HP Holding Images
1. WAG-7 5350 80 File:KZJ WAG-7.jpg
2. WAG-9 6120 107 File:KZJ WAG9.jpg
Total locomotives active as of May 2022[5] 187

References[edit]

  1. "Report of the Expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. "Electric loco shed location". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. "ELS Kazipet". ,
  4. "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  5. "e-Locos".