Electric Loco Shed, Tuglakabad
Electric Loco Shed, Tughlakabad is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Tughlakabad of the Northern Railway in Delhi, India. It is located in Northern Railways but comes under the jurisdiction of West Central railway zone. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the West Central Railway zone, the others being at Itarsi (ET) and New Katni Jn (NKJ).[1]
| The shed is located near Tughlakabad railway station. TKD based WAP-7 hauling Kerala Express | |
  Location within Delhi | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Badarpur, Delhi |
| Coordinates | 28°30′45″N 77°17′26″E / 28.512366°N 77.290482°ECoordinates: 28°30′45″N 77°17′26″E / 28.512366°N 77.290482°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | West Central Railway zone |
| Depot code | TKD |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Roads | 6 |
| Rolling stock | WAP-7 WAG-9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1977 |
| Former rolling stock | WAM 4 WAG-5 WAG-7 |
History
Steam locomotives used to exist at Tuglakabad until the late 1970s.[2][3] After Western Railway (former, now under West Central Railways) set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1980s, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds were decommissioned.[4] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Delhi to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Tuglakabad was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[5]
Operations
Livery and Markings
Locomotives
| SN | Type of Loco | HP | Holding | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WAP-7 | 6122 | 119 | File:TKD WAP7 30618.jpg |
| 2. | WAG-9 | 6122 | 144 | File:TKD WAG9HC.jpg |
| Total Locomotives Active as of June 2022[6] | 263 | |||
References
- ↑ "West central railways".
- ↑ "[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ↑ "scan0189.jpg". www.irfca.org. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ "Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958". INDIAN CULTURE. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ↑ "Electric loco shed location". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "e-Locos".
