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==Operations== | ==Operations== | ||
Being one of the three electric engine sheds in West Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 207 engine units including [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] and [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]] units. It also formerly housed a few WAM-4 locomotives.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf|access-date=2016-11-23|page=1}}</ref> Electric loco Shed, Tuglakabad is now housing a large fleet of WAP-7 in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.<ref>{{cite news|title=fleets under sheds|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of Locos in amgul|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> | |||
Like all locomotive sheds, TKD ELS does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at TKD ELS but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of TKD ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Delhi and Madhya Pradesh when widespread electrification of railway lines started in West Central Railways. TKD locomotives are also used for Rajdhani trains as well. It handled prestigious trains like the [[Mahakoshal Express]], [[Shaan-e-Bhopal Express]], [[Hazrat Nizamuddin–Pune Duronto Express|Duronto Express]] and many more. | |||
==Livery and Markings== | ==Livery and Markings== | ||