Electric Loco Shed, Erode
Electric Loco Shed, Erode is one of the premiere engine sheds located in Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located along the Jolarpettai–Coimbatore line, about 1 km to the east of Erode Junction, under the administrative control of Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1]
| File:ED WAP7.jpg Erode based WAP-7 edited by a railfan in Tejas livery. | |
  Location within Tamil Nadu | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Erode, Tamil Nadu |
| Coordinates | 11°21′00″N 77°44′00″E / 11.35000°N 77.73333°ECoordinates: 11°21′00″N 77°44′00″E / 11.35000°N 77.73333°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Southern Railway zone |
| Depot code | ED |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Roads | 6 |
| Rolling stock | WAP-4 WAP-7 WAG-7 WAG-9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1998 |
Operations
Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Southern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. This shed houses a total of 210 engine units, including 48 WAP-4, 68 WAP-7, 94 WAG-7.[2] It caters to many long-distance electric trains.[3][4]
Like all locomotive sheds, ED does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at ED but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Erode ELS along with Arrakonam ELS and Royapuram ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Kerala and Tamil Nadu when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Southern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the Millennium Express, and the Grand Trunk Express. ED locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north as well.
Livery and Markings
Erode based WAP-7 has many different types of Advertisement liveries on them. Mainly these are
SKM Porna Chicken
Tamil Nadu Tourism
A-1 SKC Ghee
Anuj Tiles
NGA TMT Steels
Besten Pumps
ED based WAP-4 and WAG-7 have standardised livery all over India
Locomotives
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WAP-4 | 5350 | 48 | 
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| 2. | WAP-7 | 6122 | 68 | File:ERODE WAP7.jpg |
| 3. | WAG-7 | 5500 | 94 | File:Erode WAG7.jpg |
| Total locomotives active as of May 2022[5] | 210 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "Electric loco shed location". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "fleets under sheds". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "List of Locos in Erode". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ "e-Locos".