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It was inaugurated on 31 January 1987 and was initially planned to home only [[Indian locomotive class WDS-6|WDS-6]] locomotives. But in the year 1993-94, the pattern of holding changed with the inclusion of 2 WDM-2 locomotives. After then the shed's capacity kept on increasing and now the shed homes some of the best technologically advanced high horsepower locomotives like [[Indian locomotive class WDG-4|WDG-4D]] and [[Indian locomotive class WDP-4|WDP-4D]]. | |||
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| File:KYN Tricolour WDM3D 11471.jpg KYN based WDM3D in Tricolour livery. | |
  Location within Maharashtra | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kalyan, Maharashtra |
| Coordinates | 19°14′06″N 73°08′15″E / 19.234885°N 73.137448°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Central Railway zone |
| Depot code | KYN |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WDM-3D WDG-3A WDP-3A WDG-4D WDP-4D |
| History | |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Former rolling stock | WDM-2 |
Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan is an engine shed located in Kalyan, Maharashtra in India. Diesel Loco Shed, Kalyan 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 three loco sheds in Central Railway zone followed by Pune and Kurla. It comes under the Mumbai CR railway division.
Operations
Being one of the Diesel sheds in Central Railway zone, various major and minor maintenance including washing and painting of locomotives are carried out here. KYN diesel shed has also achieved a distinction of being one of very few diesel loco sheds where 100% population of locomotives are fitted microprocessor control system. It has a regular link of diesel locomotives in Konkan Railway zone and in the unelectrified sections of the Southern Railway zone.
History
It was inaugurated on 31 January 1987 and was initially planned to home only WDS-6 locomotives. But in the year 1993-94, the pattern of holding changed with the inclusion of 2 WDM-2 locomotives. After then the shed's capacity kept on increasing and now the shed homes some of the best technologically advanced high horsepower locomotives like WDG-4D and WDP-4D.