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Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City
Location
LocationBokaro Steel City, Jharkhand
Coordinates23°39′24″N 86°05′08″E / 23.6568°N 86.0855°E / 23.6568; 86.0855
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorSouth Eastern Railways
Depot codeBKSC
TypeEngine shed
Roads7
Rolling stockWAG 7
WAG-9
History
Opened2011; 15 years ago (2011)
Former rolling stockWAG 5

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

Operations

Being one of the four 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 100 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 110 engine units, including 66 WAG 7 and 44 WAG 9. Like all locomotive sheds, BKSC does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.[1]

Locomotives

SN Type of Loco HP Holding Comments Images
1. WAG-7 5350 38 In service File:BKSC WAG7.jpg
2. WAG-9 6122 109 In service File:BKSC WAG-9HI twins.jpg
Total Locomotives Active as of May 2022[2] 147

References

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