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| | #REDIRECT [[Tughlakabad railway station#Diesel Loco Shed]] |
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| {{Short description|Loco shed in Delhi, India}}
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| {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
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| {{Use Indian English|date=March 2022}}
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| {{Infobox railway depot
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| | name = Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad
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| | image = File:TKD WDM3A 16377.jpg
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| | image_upright = 4.5
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| | caption =TKD WDM3A in the most unique livery in bright red colour.
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| | map_type = India Delhi
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| | map_size = 300
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|28.5054299554|77.2928953171|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| | location = [[Tughlakabad (village)|Tughlakabad]], [[Delhi]]
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| | owner = [[Indian Railways]]
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| | operator = [[Northern Railway zone]]
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| | depotcode = TKD
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| | type = [[Engine shed]]
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| | roads =
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| | rollingstock = [[Indian locomotive class WDM-3A|WDM-3A]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WDG-2/3A|WDG-3A]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WDP-3A|WDP-3A]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WDG-4|WDG-4/4D]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WDP-4|WDP-4/4D]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WDP-1|WDP-1]]
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| | routes =
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| | opened = {{Start date and age|1970|||df=y}}
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| | closed = <!--{{End date|YYYY|MM|df=y}}-->
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| | original =
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| | former_rolling_stock = [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]] <br>
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| '''Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad''' is an [[engine shed]] located in [[Tughlakabad (village)|Tughlakabad]], [[Delhi]] in [[India]]. Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad 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 is one of the 4 Diesel loco sheds in [[Northern Railway zone]] followed by [[Diesel Loco Shed, Ludhiana|Ludhiana]], [[Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow|Alambagh]] and [[Roza]]. It comes under the [[Delhi railway division]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Railways|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/enquiry/StaticPages/StaticEnquiry.jsp?StaticPage=index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Northern Railway zone|url=https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi railway division|url=https://nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?fontColor=black&backgroundColor=LIGHTSTEELBLUE&lang=0&id=0,5,315}}</ref>
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| ==Operations==
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| Being one of the major Diesel Loco Sheds in the [[Northern Railway zone]] various major and minor maintenance of Diesel locomotives are carried out here. Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad is also the one and only shed that holds the [[Indian locomotive class WDP-1|WDP-1]] class of locomotives. Like all the other sheds DLS TKD does regular overhauling, washing and painting of locomotives. It provides a regular link of diesel locomotives to the unelectrified areas of all the railway zones of Indian Railways.
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| == History ==
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| It was established in the year 1970 with a planned holding of 80 locomotives and initial holding of 26 [[Indian locomotive class WDM-2|WDM-2]] locomotives. This shed is the pioneer in the field of Quality Systems in the Railways and is the first unit of Mechanical Engineering Department of Northern Railway to be certified for ISO-9002.
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| == Livery and Markings ==
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| DLS TKD has its own beautiful scheme of Diesel locomotives. It has different colour schemes for different class of diesel locomotives. The shed mainly uses stencils for identification of the locos. The text "TKD" is written in bold letters on loco's back and front.
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