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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
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| image_alt =  
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| 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 =  
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| 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]]
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| 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:1962 establishments in Bihar]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Bihar]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jamshedpur]]

Latest revision as of 16:52, 5 February 2026


Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar
Location
LocationTatanagar, Jharkhand
Coordinates22°46′07″N 86°12′06″E / 22.76861°N 86.20167°E / 22.76861; 86.20167
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorSouth Eastern Railways
Depot codeTATA
TypeEngine shed
Rolling stockWAP-7
WAG-9
History
Opened1962; 64 years ago (1962)
Former rolling stockWAM-4
WAG-7
WAG-5
WAP-4

Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Tatanagar of the South Eastern Railway zone in Jharkhand, India.

Operations[edit | edit source]

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.[1]

Livery & Markings[edit | edit source]

TATA based WAP-7 has TATA Steel advertisement on loco's body side.

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.

Locomotives[edit | edit source]

Serial No. Locomotive Class Horsepower Quantity
1. WAP-7 6350 54
2. WAG-9 6120 215
Total locomotives active as of February 2026[2] 269

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "e-Locos".