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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Erode–Chennimalai Road, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates | 11°19′30″N 77°43′03″E / 11.3249°N 77.7174°ECoordinates: 11°19′30″N 77°43′03″E / 11.3249°N 77.7174°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Southern Railway zone |
| Depot code | ED |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Roads | 6 |
| Rolling stock | WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A, WDS-6, WAP-1, WAP-4, WAG-5, WAG-7 |
| History | |
| Opened | September 1966 |
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, the shed falls under Salem Railway Division of Southern Railway zone. It is one of the four diesel loco sheds in SR others being at Tondiarpet (TNP), Ernakulam (ERS) and Golden Rock (GOC).
History
The shed was opened and became operationally active since September 1966, spreading over a total area of 59,457.9 square metres (59,000 m2) and covered area of 7,454 square metres (7,500 m2). [1][2]
Operations
Like all locomotive sheds, Erode DLS does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at Erode DLS but also to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair.
Locomotives of Erode shed are the regular links for all trains running through Tamil Nadu. Erode locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling on the Southern Railway zone as well. As more and more railway lines were electrified, ED DLS started losing links to electric locomotives, mainly WAP4 and WAG7, WAG-5 and WAP-1 locomotives from nearby electric locomotive sheds. It previosly handled prestigious trains like the Amritha Express & Mumbai CST–Nagercoil Balaji Express, Fast passengers trains and Link Express trains. Being one of the four diesel engine sheds in Southern Railway under the territory of Salem railway division,[3][4] various major and minor maintenance schedules of diesel locomotives are being carried out here. Apart from serving the parent division, the locos belonging to the shed also serves the unelectrified routes of Madurai railway division, in addition to locos from Golden Rock.[5]
Locomotives
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WDM-3A | 3100 | 2 | File:ED WDM3A.jpg |
| 2. | WDG-3A | 1 | .jpg)
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| 3. | WDM-3D | 3300 | 45 | File:ERODE WDM3D.jpg |
| 4. | WDS-6 | 1400 | 1 | 
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| 5. | WAP-1 | 3900 | 27 | File:AJJ WAP1.jpg |
| 6. | WAG-5 | 4300 | 24 | File:EDDS WAG5.jpg |
| 7. | WAG-7 | 5500 | 28 | File:Erode WAG7.jpg |
| Total Locomotives Active as of May 2022[6][7][8] | 128 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "Sheds and Workshops – Southern Railway". IRFCA. Archived from the original on 6 June 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ "Erode Diesel loco shed profile" (PDF). Railway Board. Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ "Mechanical Engineering – Diesel Loco Sheds, Southern Railway". Indian Railways. Railway Board. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ "About us". Southern Railway zone. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Arockiaraj J (6 September 2013). "Locomotive failures affecting train operations in Madurai division". The Times of India. Madurai. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ "Railway Website Mechanical Department". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ "IRFCA".
- ↑ "e-Locos".
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