Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow
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Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow is an engine shed located in Alambagh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India. Like all the other sheds AMV (LKO) does regular maintenance of maintenance of Diesel Locomotives in Indian Railways. It is now rated as one of the most premier shed of the Indian Railways. It falls under the jurisdiction of Lucknow NR railway division of the Northern Railway zone.
| File:LKO based WDM3D 11262.jpg AMV (LKO) based WDM-3D ready to be coupled with Janta express. | |
  Location within Uttar Pradesh | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Alambagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 26°49′45″N 80°55′37″E / 26.829118°N 80.926815°ECoordinates: 26°49′45″N 80°55′37″E / 26.829118°N 80.926815°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Northern Railway zone |
| Depot code | The station's code is "AMV" but the locos simply carry "LKO" markings on them. |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WDM-3A WDG-2/3A WDG-4D WDP-4D WDM-3D WDS-6 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Former rolling stock | WDM-2 |
Operations
It was mainly a steam loco shed but it was converted into a diesel shed in 1988. Being one of the Diesel sheds in Northern Railway zone, AMV (LKO) does various major and minor maintenance including washing and painting of locomotives. It also holds some electric locomotives like WAP-1 and WAG-7.
History
It was established in the year 1988 and the first loco homed in the shed was a WDS-6 #19036 class shunting locomotive. It was ISO certified in the year 2003 with ISO 9001-2000.
Livery and Markings
Indian Railways allows all the loco sheds to paint the locomotives as they wish. AMV (LKO) also has a unique and beautiful colour scheme of Diesel locomotives. AMV (LKO) has its own stencils and Markings on the locomotives. It is written on loco's front and back body.
Locomotives
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WDM-3A | 3100 | 74 | _at_Jalandhar_City.jpg)
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| 2. | WDG-3A | 39 | 
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| 3. | WDM-3D | 3300 | 10 | File:LDH WDG4D.jpg |
| 4. | WDP-4/4D | 4000 | 32 | 
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| 5. | WDG-4/4D | 4500 | File:. .jpg | |
| 6. | WAG-7 | 5000 | File:. .jpg | |
| Total locomotives active as of January 2022[1][2] | 155 | |||
- ↑ "Railway Website Mechanical Department". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ↑ "IRFCA".