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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric ~~locomotives~~ of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ludhiana Junction ~~railway station\|Ludhiana]]~~ of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India~~. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the Northern Railwaya the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad\|Ghaziabad]] (GZB) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY)~~.		'''Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]], located at {{stnlnk\|Ludhiana Junction}} of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India.

	==~~History~~==		==Operation==
	~~Steam locomotive~~ sheds ~~used to exist~~ in ~~Norther Railways until~~ the ~~late 1960s~~.~~<ref>{{Cite web\|title=~~[~~IRFCA]~~ Indian ~~Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq~~-~~shed2.html#bgsr~~\|~~access~~-~~date=2016~~-~~12-13\|website=www~~.~~irfca.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|access~~-~~date=2020~~-05-~~20\|website=www~~.~~irfca.org}}</ref> After Northern 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 was 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\|access-date=2020-04-29\|website=INDIAN CULTURE}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jammu & Kashmir and ~~Punjab to rest of India with the completion~~ of ~~gauge conversion, the Ludhiana 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>~~		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern 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 198 engine units, including 55 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] and 143 [[WAG-9]]. LDH used to hold [[WAP-4]] & [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] locomotives, which are now all transferred to other sheds. Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{citation needed\|date=June 2021}}

	New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001 with [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] which were transferred from GZB, but after they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] locos from GZB. It then got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]] from other sheds. It also holds a single WAM-4 unit<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>		In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated [[shunter]] using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News – Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

	~~==Operations==~~
	Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.

	In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India~~\|language=en~~}}</ref>
	~~==Livery and Markings==~~
	~~LDH has its own markings on the locomotives. The Shed mainly uses stenciled markings which is done on looks front and back body.~~
	~~LDH locomotives have standardised livery all over India.~~

	== Locomotives ==		== Locomotives ==
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	!SN		!Serial No.
	!~~Type of Loco~~		!Locomotive Class
	!HP		!Horsepower
	!~~Holding~~		!Quantity
	~~!Comments~~
	~~!Images~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|1.		\|1.
	\|~~WAM~~-4		\|[[WAP-7]]
	\|~~3640~~		\|6350
	\|1		\|44
	~~\|In shunting only~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|2.		\|2.
	~~\|WAG-7~~		\|[[WAG-9]]
	~~\|5350~~		\|6120
	~~\|15~~		\|205
	~~\|In service~~
	\|[[~~File:LDH WAG7.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]~~
	\|-
	~~\|3.~~
	\|WAG-9
	~~\|6100~~
	~~\|188~~
	~~\|In service~~
	~~\|[[File:LDH WAG9H.jpg\|alt=\|frameless~~]]
	\|-
	~~\|4.~~
	~~\|WAP-7~~
	~~\|6350~~
	~~\|20~~
	\|~~In service~~
	~~\|[[File:Ghaziabad WAP-7.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]~~
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of ~~May 2022~~'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of January 2026'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
	\|~~224~~		\|249
	\|}		\|}

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	In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>		In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>
	==Livery and Markings==		==Livery and Markings==
			LDH has its own markings on the locomotives. The Shed mainly uses stenciled markings which is done on looks front and back body.
			LDH locomotives have standardised livery all over India.

	== Locomotives ==		== Locomotives ==

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	In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>		In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>
			==Livery and Markings==

	== Locomotives ==		== Locomotives ==

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	==Operations==		==Operations==
	Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.~~{{cn\|date=June 2021}}~~		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.

	In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated [[shunter]] using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>		In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Bhatia\|first=Kuldip\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/ludhiana/electric-loco-shed-makes-engine-from-scrap-127488\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|first=\|last2=\|last3=\|first3=\|date=2020-08-17\|title=Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables {{!}} Ludhiana News - Times of India\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/railways-develop-unique-electric-engine-for-maintaining-high-temsion-cables/articleshow/77580117.cms\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-06-21\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref>

	== Locomotives ==		== Locomotives ==

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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for ~~[[Electric locomotive\|~~electric locomotives]] of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ludhiana Junction railway station\|Ludhiana]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the Northern Railwaya the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad\|Ghaziabad]] (GZB) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).		'''Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ludhiana Junction railway station\|Ludhiana]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the Northern Railwaya the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad\|Ghaziabad]] (GZB) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).

	==History==		==History==

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	\|5350		\|5350
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	\|[[File:LDH WAG7.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]		\|[[File:LDH WAG7.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]
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	\|6100		\|6100
	\|~~154~~		\|188
	\|In service		\|In service
	\|[[File:LDH WAG9H.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]		\|[[File:LDH WAG9H.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of ~~June 2021~~'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\|4.
	\|~~195~~		\|WAP-7
			\|6350
			\|20
			\|In service
			\|[[File:Ghaziabad WAP-7.jpg\|alt=\|frameless]]
			\|-
			\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of May 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
			\|224
	\|}		\|}

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	Steam locomotive sheds used to exist in Norther Railways until the late 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr\|access-date=2016-12-13\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|access-date=2020-05-20\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref> After Northern 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 was 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\|access-date=2020-04-29\|website=INDIAN CULTURE}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Ludhiana 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>		Steam locomotive sheds used to exist in Norther Railways until the late 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr\|access-date=2016-12-13\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|access-date=2020-05-20\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref> After Northern 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 was 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\|access-date=2020-04-29\|website=INDIAN CULTURE}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Ludhiana 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>

	New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001 with [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] which were transferred from GZB, but after they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] locos from GZB. It then got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]] from other sheds. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>		New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001 with [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] which were transferred from GZB, but after they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] locos from GZB. It then got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]] from other sheds. It also holds a single WAM-4 unit<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>

	==Operations==		==Operations==

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	==History==		==History==
			Steam locomotive sheds used to exist in Norther Railways until the late 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr\|access-date=2016-12-13\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|access-date=2020-05-20\|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref> After Northern 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 was 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\|access-date=2020-04-29\|website=INDIAN CULTURE}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Ludhiana 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>

			New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001 with [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] which were transferred from GZB, but after they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] locos from GZB. It then got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]] from other sheds. <ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref>

	==Operations==		==Operations==
	Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{cn\|date=June 2021}}		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{cn\|date=June 2021}}

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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[Electric locomotive\|electric locomotives]] of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ludhiana Junction railway station\|Ludhiana]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the Northern Railwaya the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad\|Ghaziabad]] (GZB) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).		'''Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[Electric locomotive\|electric locomotives]] of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Ludhiana Junction railway station\|Ludhiana]] of the [[Northern Railway zone]] in [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the Northern Railwaya the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Ghaziabad\|Ghaziabad]] (GZB) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Khanalampura\|Khanalampura]] (KJGY).

			==History==
	==Operations==		==Operations==
	Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{cn\|date=June 2021}}		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]], 188 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]], 20 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] & 1 [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|WAM-4]] . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{cn\|date=June 2021}}