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Diesel Loco Shed, Erode

2023-03-27T05:51:07Z

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{{Short description|Loco shed in Tamilnadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox railway depot
| name = Diesel Loco Shed, Erode
| image = File:Erode WDM3D.jpg
| image_width =
| image_upright = 1.25
| image_alt =
| caption = Erode based WDM-3D #11453
| location = Erode–Chennimalai Road, [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| coordinates = {{Coord|11.3249|77.7174|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| depotcode = ED(D)
| type = [[Engine shed]]
| opened = {{Start date and age|1966|9|df=y}}
| closed = 
| original =
| pregrouping =
| postgrouping =
| roads = 6
| rollingstock = [[Indian locomotive class WDM-3D|WDM 3D]], [[WDM3A]] , [[WDG3A]] , [[WAP1]] , [[WAP4]] , [[WAG5]] , [[WAG7]]
| routes = 
}}
'''Diesel Loco Shed, Erode''' is an [[engine shed]] located on Erode–Chennimalai road in [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India. Being closely located to [[Erode Junction railway station|Erode Junction Railway Station]], the shed falls under [[Salem railway division]] of [[Southern Railway zone]].

[[File:ED DLS Logo.jpg|thumb|centre|150px|Logo of flowing Deer '''Diesel Loco Shed, Erode''']]

== History ==
The shed was opened and became operationally active since September 1966, spreading over a total area of {{convert|59457.9 |sqm|m2|sigfig=2|disp=out}} and covered area of {{convert|7454|sqm|m2|sigfig=2|disp=out}}. <ref name="shed">{{cite web|title=Sheds and Workshops – Southern Railway |url=http://irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |publisher=[[IRFCA]] |access-date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606191131/http://irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |archive-date= 6 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="dlsed">{{cite web|title=Erode Diesel loco shed profile|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/DLS/SR/Erode.pdf|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=24 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321070757/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/DLS/SR/Erode.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>

== Operations ==
Being one of the four diesel engine sheds in Southern Railway under the territory of [[Salem railway division]],<ref name=irmedsl>{{cite web|title=Mechanical Engineering – Diesel Loco Sheds, Southern Railway |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,541,713,723 |publisher=[[Indian Railways]] |access-date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123102242/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C304%2C366%2C541%2C713%2C723 |archive-date=23 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=oneof>{{cite web|title=About us |url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,374,492,494 |publisher=[[Southern Railway zone]] |access-date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424084130/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C304%2C374%2C492%2C494 |archive-date=24 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> various major and minor maintenance schedules of diesel locomotives are being carried out here. Apart from serving the [[Salem railway division|parent division]], the locos belonging to the shed also serves the unelectrified routes of [[Madurai railway division]], in addition to locos from [[Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock|Golden Rock]]. To provide space for electric locomotives, all the EMDs (WDG-4 and WDP-4D), WDM-3A and WDG-3A were transferred to Golden Rock.<ref name="overh">{{cite news|last1=Arockiaraj J |title=Locomotive failures affecting train operations in Madurai division |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Locomotive-failures-affecting-train-operations-in-Madurai-division/articleshow/22353454.cms? |access-date=24 November 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=6 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124030305/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Locomotive-failures-affecting-train-operations-in-Madurai-division/articleshow/22353454.cms |archive-date=24 November 2016 |location=Madurai |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Locomotives ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! SN
! Locomotives
! HP
! Quantity
!Image
|-
| 1.
| WDM-3A
| 3100
| 2
|[[File:ED WDM3A.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 2.
| WDG-3A
| 3100
| 1
|[[File:KYN WDG3A.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 3.
| WDM-3D
| 3300
| 45
|[[File:ERODE WDM3D.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 4.
| WAP-1
| 3800
| 27
|[[File:AJJ WAP1.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 5.
| WAG-5
| 3850
| 24
|[[File:AJJ WAG5 TWINS.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 6.
| WAG-7
| 5350
| 28
|[[File:AJJ WAG7.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Total locomotives active as of June 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Railway Website Mechanical Department|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,541,710,717|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IRFCA|url=https://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?list_type=named}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=e-Locos|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>||127
|
|}

== See also ==
* [[Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet]] – [[Chennai]]
* [[Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock]] – [[Trichy]]
* [[Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam]] – [[Kerala]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

== External links ==
* {{Official Website|http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/|name=Railway Board}}
{{Commons category}}

{{Locomotives Sheds of India}}

[[Category:Railway depots in India|ERODE]]
[[Category:Salem railway division|*]]
[[Category:Transport in Erode]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Madras State]]

Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet

2023-03-27T05:43:02Z

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{{Short description|Loco shed in Tamilnadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox railway depot
| name = Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet
| image = File:TNP WDM3A.jpg
| image_upright = 1.25
| image_alt = 
| caption = Tondiarpet based WDM-3A hauling Brindavan Express skipping Baiyappanahalli
| location = [[Tondiarpet]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| coordinates = {{coord |13.1268|N|80.2815|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN-TN|display=inline,title}}
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| depotcode = TNP
| type = [[Engine shed]]
| opened = {{Start date and age|1972|df=y}}
| closed = 
| original =
| pregrouping =
| postgrouping =
| roads = 
| rollingstock = [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM 2]], [[Indian locomotive class WDM-3A|WDM 3A]], [[Indian locomotive class WDG-2/3A|WDG 3A]], [[Indian locomotive class WDS-6|WDS 6]]
| routes = 
}}

'''Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[diesel locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]]. It is located near [[Tondiarpet railway station]] (TNP) of the [[Southern Railway zone]] in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu<ref name="irmedsl">{{cite web|title=Mechanical Engineering - Diesel Loco Sheds, Southern Railway |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,541,713,723 |work=[[Indian Railways]] |publisher=Railway Board |access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202214324/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C304%2C366%2C541%2C713%2C723 |archive-date= 2 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="oneof">{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,374,492,494|work=[[Southern Railway zone]]|access-date=19 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424084130/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C304%2C374%2C492%2C494|archive-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> and is one of the four diesel loco sheds of the Southern Railway, the others being at [[Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam|Ernakulam]] (ERS) at [[Kochi]], [[Diesel Loco Shed, Erode|Erode]] (ED) and [[Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock|Golden Rock]] (GOC) at Trichy.
[[File:TNP DLS Logo.jpg|thumb|centre|150px|Logo of flying Dove '''Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet, Chennai''']]

== History and developments ==
On 25 December 1971, the then [[Railway Minister of India|Railway Minister]], [[K. Hanumanthaiya]], laid the foundation stone for the loco shed. After four years of construction, it was finally opened in 1975 with a total area of {{convert|169000|sqm|m2|lk=in|sigfig=2}} and covered area of {{convert|19600|sqm|m2|lk=in|sigfig=2}}. It initially homed [[YDM-4]] class [[Meter gauge|MG]] locomotives, and was once expanded in 1993 to hold [[Broad Gauge]] locomotives and again in 2000 to accommodate more than 100 locos.<ref name=dslgoc>{{cite web|title=Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock - About |url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/DLS/SR/goldenrock.pdf |work=[[Indian Railways]] |publisher=Railway Board|access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421063031/http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/DLS/SR/goldenrock.pdf |archive-date=21 April 2015}}</ref>

Tondiarpet diesel loco shed is located to the north of the station. The diesel shed was commissioned in October 1972. Earlier a steam shed used to exist with 14 [[Indian locomotive class WG|WG]] locomotives, but this shed was decommissioned and subsequently demolished to make way for the diesel shed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref> The new diesel shed got a batch of [[Indian locomotive class WDS-4|WDS-4B]] [[diesel locomotive]]s as its first locomotives. These locomotives were used for shunting in the [[Tondiarpet marshalling yard|marshalling yard at Tondiarpet]], the goods sheds at [[Royapuram]], [[Salt Cotaurs]], and the coaching depot at [[Basin Bridge]] in Chennai division.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways Locomotive Roster Tondiarpet, Chennai (TNP) WDS-4 19221 Show|url=https://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/show/6460?authenticity_token=tQA8idQNFtbONxDCXWCdkpt3ruRKE8Of6h4+jGSH6tw=&page=2&shed_id=88|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Railway (10)|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/imagebank/Railway%20_10_.jpg.html|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways Locomotive Roster Tondiarpet, Chennai (TNP) WDS-4 19533 Show|url=https://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/show/6772?authenticity_token=tQA8idQNFtbONxDCXWCdkpt3ruRKE8Of6h4+jGSH6tw=&page=3&shed_id=88|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref> later the number of WDS-4B locomotives was increased to 64 for meeting increasing demand in [[Tiruchirappalli railway division|Trichi]], [[Palakkad railway division|Palakkad]], [[Bangalore railway division|Bangalore]], [[Thiruvananthapuram railway division|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Mysore railway division|Mysore]] divisions and [[Integral Coach Factory|ICF]], [[Perambur railway station|Perambur]]. As the WDS-4 fleet began to reach the end of their serviceable life, WDM-7 locomotives were transferred from Ernakulam and put into service on both passenger and yard shunting work. In April 2007, mainline WDM2-model from Erode locomotives were additionally inducted for hauling goods. Now the shed holds X WDM-2, Y WDG-3A, Z WDM-3A, X WDS-6 and 14 WDM-7

The shed has a total area of 75,000 sq m, including a covered area of 6,652 sq m, has a capacity of 50 locomotives. The shed employs about 378 persons.<ref name="india railways tondiarpet">{{cite web|title=Brief history of Diesel shed Tondiarpet|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/mec_engg/downloads/DLS/SR/Tondiarpet.pdf|date=1 July 2010|publisher=Indian Railways|access-date=1 Dec 2012}}</ref>

== Operations ==
The shed, headed by Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Diesel), has about 750 employees in different ranks in the day-to-day operations of the shed, which include periodical overhaul, maintenance and repair works.<ref name=dsldme>{{cite web|title=Chapter 2 : Assessment, Procurement/ Production, Utilisation and Maintenance of Locomotives in Indian Railways |url=http://www.cag.gov.in/reports/railways/2003_9/chapter2.htm |work=[[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]] |access-date=19 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231141/http://www.cag.gov.in/reports/railways/2003_9/chapter2.htm |archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> The locos of this shed were thoroughly traverses over entire South India for passenger and freight services.<ref name=allarea>{{cite news|last=J Arockiaraj|title=Locomotive failures affecting train operations in Madurai division|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-06/madurai/41832992_1_locomotives-madurai-railway-division-v-ajithkumar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201235925/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-06/madurai/41832992_1_locomotives-madurai-railway-division-v-ajithkumar|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 February 2014|access-date=19 January 2014|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 September 2013}}</ref> Like all locomotive sheds, TNP does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at TNP but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair.

Locomotives of Tondiarpet DLS along with Erode and Golden Rock DLS were the regular links for all trains running through Tamil Nadu, even though widespread electrification of railway lines started in Tamil Nadu. TNP locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling on the [[Konkan Railway]] as well. As more and more railway lines in Tamil Nadu were electrified, TNP started losing links to [[electric locomotive]]s, mainly [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1|WAP-1]], [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]] and [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] locomotives from the Erode (ED), Arakkonam (AJJ) and Royapuram (RPM) electric locomotive sheds. Despite all the electrification across the country, TNP locomotives still take trains as far as Gujarat, Bikaner and in the Shornur- Nilambur line of Kerala.

== Livery and markings ==
Indian Railways allows diesel loco sheds to paint their locomotives in their own unique liveries. Tondiarpet's locomotives have their current livery scheme painted in light blue with a wide cream band around the middle, with dark blue lines on the top and bottom, to match with the ICF livery. The dark blue bar and the light blue line taper downwards at both ends of the locomotive to create a "V" shaped design. This orange-cream-orange color scheme gives the locomotives a cheerful and pleasant look. One locomotive, WDM-7A #11008 is in an experimental light green-cream-light green scheme.

== Locomotives ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! SN
! Locomotives
! HP
! Quantity
!IMAGE
|-
| 1.
| WDM-2
| 2600
| 2
|
|-
| 2.
| WDM-3A
|rowspan="2"| 3100
| 20
|[[File:TNP WDM3A.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 3.
| WDG-3A
| 5
|
|-
| 4.
| WDM-7
| 2000
| 15
|
[[File:ഡീസൽ എഞ്ചിൻ, ബ്രോഡ് ഗേജ്.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| 6.
| WDS-4
|700
| 1
| [[File:Diesel hydraulic loco.JPG|frameless|217x217px]]
|-
| 5.
| WDS-6
| 1400
| 13
|[[File:TNP WDS6.jpg|frameless]]
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Total Locomotives Active as of May 2021'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Railway Website Mechanical Department|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,541,710,717|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?list_type=named|title = IRFCA}}</ref>||56
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/|name=Railway Board}}
* {{Official website|http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/|name=Southern Railway zone}}

{{Commons category}}

{{Locomotives Sheds of India}}
{{Transport in Chennai}}

[[Category:Chennai railway division|*]]
[[Category:Railway depots in India|T]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Chennai]]