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Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow
	File:LKO WDM3A resting.jpg AMV (LKO) based WDM-3A resting in a railway station .
	Location within Uttar Pradesh
Location
Location	Alambagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates	26°49′45″N 80°55′37″E / 26.829118°N 80.926815°ECoordinates: 26°49′45″N 80°55′37″E / 26.829118°N 80.926815°E
Characteristics
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	Northern Railway zone
Depot code	The station's code is "AMV" but the locos simply carry "LKO" markings on them.
Type	Engine shed
Rolling stock	WDM-3A ; WDG-3A ; WDG-4D ; WDP-4D ; WDM-3D ; WDS-6 ; WDS-4 ; WAP-1 ; WAG-7
History
Opened	1988; 37 years ago
Former rolling stock	WDM-2 ;

Revision as of 16:16, 5 March 2022

Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow is an engine shed located in Alambagh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India. Like all the other sheds, AMV (LKO) does regular maintenance of Diesel Locomotives in Indian Railways. It is now rated as one of the most premier shed of the Indian Railways. It falls under the jurisdiction of Lucknow NR railway division of the Northern Railway zone.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Operations

It was mainly a steam loco shed but it was converted into a diesel shed in 1988. Being one of the Diesel sheds in Northern Railway zone, AMV (LKO) does various major and minor maintenance including washing and painting of locomotives. It also holds some electric locomotives like WAP-1 and WAG-7. The shed has a water recycling plant which recycles 6k litres of water daily in washing of Locomotives.^[4]^[5]

History

It was established in the year 1988 and the first loco homed in the shed was a WDS-6 #19036 class shunting locomotive. It was ISO certified in the year 2003 with ISO 9001-2000. In 2019 the shed received a cash award of 60,000 Rs. for the efforts to upgrade the skills and knowledge of staff and supervisors. ^[6]^[7]

Livery and Markings

Indian Railways allows all the loco sheds to paint the locomotives as they wish. AMV (LKO) also has a unique and beautiful colour scheme of Diesel locomotives.^[8] AMV (LKO) has its own stencils and Markings on the locomotives. It is written on loco's front and back body.

Locomotives

SN	Locomotives	HP	Quantity	Images
1.	WDM-3A	3100	16
2.	WDG-3A	3100	23
3.	WDM-3D	3300	65
4.	WDP-4/4D	4000	14
5.	WDG-4/4D	4500	42
6.	WDS-4	700	2
7.	WDS-6	1400	4	File:SSB WDS6.jpg
8.	WAG-7	5000	16
9.	WAP-1	3800	4
Total locomotives active as of 01-01-2022^[9]^[10]^[11]			186

References

Extra links

[1] "Indian Railways".

[2] "Northern Railway zone".

[3] "Lucknow NR railway division".

[4] "Water recycling plant".

[5] "PDF" (PDF).

[6] "Twitter".

[7] "History".

[8] "Liveries".

[9] "Railway website Mechanical department".

[10] "IRFCA".

[11] "e-locos".

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