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	{{short description\|Loco shed in Jharkhand, India}}		{{short description\|Loco shed in Jharkhand, India}}
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	{{Infobox railway depot		{{Infobox railway depot
	\| name = Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar		\| name = Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar
	\| image = ~~File:~~TATA ~~WAP-7~~.jpg		\| image = TATA WAG9.jpg
	\| image_upright = 1.5		\| image_upright = 1.5
	\| image_width =		\| image_width =
	\| image_alt =		\| image_alt =
	\| caption = Tatanagar based ~~WAP~~-~~7 rest~~ at ~~TATA ELS~~		\| caption = Tatanagar based WAG-9 at Durg Jn.
	\| location = [[~~Jamshedpur\|~~Tatanagar]], [[Jharkhand]]		\| location = [[Tatanagar]], [[Jharkhand]]
	\| country = {{flagu\|India}}		\| country = {{flagu\|India}}
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|22\|46\|07\|N\|86\|12\|06\|E\|display=inline}}		\| coordinates = {{coord\|22\|46\|07\|N\|86\|12\|06\|E\|display=inline}}
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	\| roads =		\| roads =
	\| rollingstock = [[~~Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|~~WAP-7]] <br /> [[~~Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|~~WAG-9]]		\| rollingstock = [[WAP-7]] <br /> [[WAG-9]]
	\| former_rolling_stock = [[~~Indian locomotive class WAM-4\|~~WAM-4]] <br /> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] <br/> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] <br/> [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4\|WAP-4]]		\| former_rolling_stock = [[WAM-4]] <br /> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7\|WAG-7]] <br/> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5\|WAG-5]] <br/> [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4\|WAP-4]]
	\| routes =		\| routes =
	\| map_type = India Jharkhand		\| map_type = India Jharkhand
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	'''Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric ~~locomotives~~ of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[~~Jamshedpur\|~~Tatanagar]] of the [[South Eastern Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], India. It is one of the five electric loco sheds in the South Eastern Railway zone the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Santragachi\|Santragachi]] (SRC), [[Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela\|Rourkela]] (ROU), [[Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City\|Bokaro]] (BKSC) and [[Electric Loco Shed, Bondamunda\|Bondamunda]] (BNDM).		'''Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Tatanagar]] of the [[South Eastern Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], India.

	~~==History==~~
	Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Tatanagar until the late 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr\|publisher=IRFCA\|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|publisher=IRFCA\|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After South eastern Railway set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1960s, 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\|website=INDIAN CULTURE\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Jharkhand to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Tatanagar 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>
	~~Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar was established in the year 1962 with 69 locomotives~~
	~~under the supervision of SNCF Railway. Tata Electric Loco Shed then became the 2nd~~
	Electric Loco Shed in Indian Railways.<ref>{{cite web\|title=PDF\|url=https://ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,6,400,661,674,813}}</ref>

	==Operations==		==Operations==
	Being one of the ~~five~~ electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 120 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of ~~244~~ engine units, including 27 [[~~Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|~~WAP-7]] and ~~217~~ [[~~Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|~~WAG-9]]. Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html \|title = Sheds and Workshops\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>		Being one of the three electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 120 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 200 engine units, including 27 [[WAP-7]] and 174 [[WAG-9]]. Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html \|title = Sheds and Workshops\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>
	Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at TATA but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of TATA ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand when widespread electrification of railway lines started in South Eastern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Steel Express]], [[South Bihar Express]] and [[Mumbai CST–Howrah Duronto Express]]. TATA locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north as well.

	==Livery & Markings==		==Livery & Markings==
	TATA based WAP-7 has '''TATA Steel''' advertisement on loco's body side.		TATA based WAP-7 has '''TATA Steel''' advertisement on loco's body side.
			[[File:Tatanagar WAP 7 37269.jpg\|thumb\|Tatanagar WAP-7 37269 standing at Platform 5 of Tatanagar]]

	Tatanagar loco shed has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.		Tatanagar loco shed has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.
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	==Locomotives==		==Locomotives==
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	!SN		!Serial No.
	!~~Type of Loco~~		!Locomotive Class
	!HP		!Horsepower
	!~~Holding~~		!Quantity
	~~!Images~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|1.		\|1.
	\|WAP-7		\|[[WAP-7]]
	\|6350		\|6350
	\|27		\|54
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|2.		\|2.
	\|WAG-9		\|[[WAG-9]]
	\|6120		\|6120
	\|~~217~~		\|215
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of ~~June 2022~~'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of February 2026'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
	\|~~244~~		\|269
	\|}		\|}

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	[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]		[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
			[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jamshedpur]]

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	==Livery & Markings==		==Livery & Markings==
	TATA based WAP-7 has '''TATA Steel''' advertisement on loco's body side.		TATA based WAP-7 has '''TATA Steel''' advertisement on loco's body side.
	~~[[File:TATA STEEL WAP-7.jpg\|thumb\|'''TATA Steel''' advertised WAP-7 at Tatanagar ELS]]~~
	Tatanagar loco shed has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.		Tatanagar loco shed has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.

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	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of June 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of June 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>

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	\| 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 June 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>
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	\| colspan="3" \|'''Total locomotives active as of ~~April~~ 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web\|title=e-Locos\|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref>		\| 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>
	\|244		\|244
	\|}		\|}

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	Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar was established in the year 1962 with 69 locomotives		Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar was established in the year 1962 with 69 locomotives
	under the supervision of SNCF Railway. Tata Electric Loco Shed then became the 2nd		under the supervision of SNCF Railway. Tata Electric Loco Shed then became the 2nd
	Electric Loco Shed in Indian Railways.		Electric Loco Shed in Indian Railways.<ref>{{cite web\|title=PDF\|url=https://ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,6,400,661,674,813}}</ref>

	==Operations==		==Operations==

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	==History==		==History==
	Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Tatanagar until the late ~~1970s~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr\|publisher=IRFCA\|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|publisher=IRFCA\|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After South eastern 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\|website=INDIAN CULTURE\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Jharkhand to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Tatanagar 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 at Tatanagar until the late 1950s.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s\|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr\|publisher=IRFCA\|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=scan0189.jpg\|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html\|publisher=IRFCA\|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After South eastern Railway set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1960s, 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\|website=INDIAN CULTURE\|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Jharkhand to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Tatanagar 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>
			Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar was established in the year 1962 with 69 locomotives
			under the supervision of SNCF Railway. Tata Electric Loco Shed then became the 2nd
			Electric Loco Shed in Indian Railways.

	==Operations==		==Operations==

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	==Operations==		==Operations==
	Being one of the ~~three~~ electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 120 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 244 engine units, including 27 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] and 217 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]]. Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html \|title = Sheds and Workshops\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>		Being one of the five electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 120 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 244 engine units, including 27 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7\|WAP-7]] and 217 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9\|WAG-9]]. Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web\| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html \|title = Sheds and Workshops\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>
	Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at TATA but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of TATA ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand when widespread electrification of railway lines started in South Eastern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Steel Express]], [[South Bihar Express]] and [[Mumbai CST–Howrah Duronto Express]]. TATA locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north as well.		Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at TATA but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of TATA ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Jharkhand when widespread electrification of railway lines started in South Eastern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Steel Express]], [[South Bihar Express]] and [[Mumbai CST–Howrah Duronto Express]]. TATA locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north as well.

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

	==Operations==		==Operations==