Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad
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Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad is an engine shed located in Tughlakabad, Delhi in India. Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad does regular maintenance of Diesel locomotives in Indian Railways. It is now rated as one of the most premier shed of the Indian Railways. It is one of the 4 Diesel loco sheds in Northern Railway zone followed by Ludhiana, Alambagh and Roza. It comes under the Delhi railway division.[1][2][3]
| File:TKD WDM3A 16377.jpg TKD WDM3A in the most unique livery in bright red colour. | |
  Location within Delhi | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tughlakabad, Delhi |
| Coordinates | 28°30′20″N 77°17′34″E / 28.5054299554°N 77.2928953171°ECoordinates: 28°30′20″N 77°17′34″E / 28.5054299554°N 77.2928953171°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Northern Railway zone |
| Depot code | TKD |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WDM-3A WDG-3A WDP-3A WDG-4/4D WDP-4/4D WDP-1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Former rolling stock | WDM-2 |
Operations
Being one of the major Diesel Loco Sheds in the Northern Railway zone various major and minor maintenance of Diesel locomotives are carried out here. Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad is also the one and only shed that holds the WDP-1 class of locomotives. Like all the other sheds DLS TKD does regular overhauling, washing and painting of locomotives. It provides a regular link of diesel locomotives to the unelectrified areas of all the railway zones of Indian Railways.
History
It was established in the year 1970 with a planned holding of 80 locomotives and initial holding of 26 WDM-2 locomotives. This shed is the pioneer in the field of Quality Systems in the Railways and is the first unit of Mechanical Engineering Department of Northern Railway to be certified for ISO-9002.