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	==Livery and Markings==		==Livery and Markings==
	A former GMO based WAG-9 #31086 had a unique red coloured livery and G/9 fonted on the side of the locomotive with name of the locomotive written as '''Doctor Silver''' which is now transferred to [[Diesel Loco Shed, Patratu\|Patratu]].		A former GMO based WAG-9 #31086 had a unique red coloured livery and G/9 fonted on the side of the locomotive with name of the locomotive written as '''Doctor Silver''' which is now transferred to [[Diesel Loco Shed, Patratu\|Patratu]].
	~~[[File:GMO WAG9H DR. SILVER.jpg\|thumb\|GMO based WAG-9H #31086 in the unique red colour livery.]]~~

	GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.		GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.

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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Gomoh]] of the [[East Central Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the ECR the others being at Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (DDU) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Barauni\|Barauni]] (BJU). As of May 2022 there are 173 locomotives in the Shed.		'''Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Gomoh]] of the [[East Central Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the ECR the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar\|Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar]] (DDU) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Barauni\|Barauni]] (BJU). As of May 2022 there are 173 locomotives in the Shed.

	==History==		==History==

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	==Livery and Markings==		==Livery and Markings==
	A GMO based WAG-9 #31086 ~~has~~ a unique red coloured livery and G/9 fonted on the side of the locomotive with name of the locomotive written as '''Doctor Silver'''.		A former GMO based WAG-9 #31086 had a unique red coloured livery and G/9 fonted on the side of the locomotive with name of the locomotive written as '''Doctor Silver''' which is now transferred to [[Diesel Loco Shed, Patratu\|Patratu]].
	[[File:GMO WAG9H DR. SILVER.jpg\|thumb\|GMO based WAG-9H #31086 in the unique red colour livery.]]		[[File:GMO WAG9H DR. SILVER.jpg\|thumb\|GMO based WAG-9H #31086 in the unique red colour livery.]]

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	==Livery and Markings==		==Livery and Markings==
	GMO based WAG-9 has a ~~very~~ unique red ~~colour~~ livery on ~~which~~ the name of the locomotive is written as "Doctor Silver".		A GMO based WAG-9 #31086 has a unique red coloured livery and G/9 fonted on the side of the locomotive with name of the locomotive written as '''Doctor Silver'''.
			[[File:GMO WAG9H DR. SILVER.jpg\|thumb\|GMO based WAG-9H #31086 in the unique red colour livery.]]

	GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.		GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.

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	==Livery and Markings==		==Livery and Markings==
			GMO based WAG-9 has a very unique red colour livery on which the name of the locomotive is written as "Doctor Silver".
	GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.		GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.

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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Gomoh]] of the [[East Central Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the ECR the others being at Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (DDU) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Barauni\|Barauni]] (BJU).		'''Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Gomoh]] of the [[East Central Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the ECR the others being at Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (DDU) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Barauni\|Barauni]] (BJU). As of May 2022 there are 173 locomotives in the Shed.

	==History==		==History==
	After Eastern Railway (now under East Central Railways) 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.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958\|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958\|website=INDIAN CULTURE\|language=en\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jharkhand and Bihar to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Gomoh was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Electric loco shed location\|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>		After Eastern Railway (now under East Central Railways) 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.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958\|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958\|website=INDIAN CULTURE\|language=en\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jharkhand and Bihar to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Gomoh was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Electric loco shed location\|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>

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	==Livery and Markings==		==Livery and Markings==
			GMO based locomotives have standardised livery all over India. GMO has its own stencils which is marked on loco's front and back body.

	==Locomotives==		==Locomotives==

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	Like all locomotive sheds, GMO does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GMO but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Gomoh ELS along with Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Barauni ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand and Bihar when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East Central Railways. GMO locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to south as well.		Like all locomotive sheds, GMO does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GMO but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Gomoh ELS along with Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Barauni ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand and Bihar when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East Central Railways. GMO locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to south as well.
	It handled prestigious trains like [[Sampoorna Kranti Express]], [[Rajendra Nagar Patna Rajdhani Express\|Rajdhani Express]], [[Archana Express]] and many more link express trains and superfast trains.		It handled prestigious trains like [[Sampoorna Kranti Express]], [[Rajendra Nagar Patna Rajdhani Express\|Rajdhani Express]], [[Archana Express]] and many more link express trains and superfast trains.

			==Livery and Markings==

	==Locomotives==		==Locomotives==

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	\|page=1\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Gomoh is now housing a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]] in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance freight electric trains.<ref>{{cite news\|title=fleets under sheds\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Locos in Howrah\|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>		\|page=1\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Gomoh is now housing a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]] in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance freight electric trains.<ref>{{cite news\|title=fleets under sheds\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=List of Locos in Howrah\|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15\|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref>

	Like all locomotive sheds, GMO does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GMO but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Gomoh ELS along with Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Barauni ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand and Bihar when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East Central Railways. GMO locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to ~~north~~ as well.		Like all locomotive sheds, GMO does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at GMO but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Gomoh ELS along with Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Barauni ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand and Bihar when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East Central Railways. GMO locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to south as well.
	It handled prestigious trains like [[Sampoorna Kranti Express]], [[Rajendra Nagar Patna Rajdhani Express\|Rajdhani Express]], [[Archana Express]] and many more link express trains and superfast trains.		It handled prestigious trains like [[Sampoorna Kranti Express]], [[Rajendra Nagar Patna Rajdhani Express\|Rajdhani Express]], [[Archana Express]] and many more link express trains and superfast trains.