| File:GMO WAP7 37041.jpg Gomoh based WAP-7 (37041) at Purulia Jn. | |
  Location within Jharkhand | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gomoh, Jharkhand |
| Coordinates | 23°52′24″N 86°08′53″E / 23.8733°N 86.1481°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | East Central Railways |
| Depot code | GMO |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WAP-7 WAG-9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Former rolling stock | WAG-7 |
Electric Loco Shed, Gomoh is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Gomoh of the East Central Railway zone in Jharkhand, India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the ECR the others being at Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar (DDU) and Barauni (BJU).
History
After Eastern Railway (now under East Central Railways) set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the Steam locomotive sheds were decommissioned.[1] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jharkhand and Bihar to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Gomoh was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[2] In 1965 the Shed was inaugurated with holding of 50 locos. Initially the holding kept on increasing and now it has a sanctioned capacity of 120 locos. It is the first electric loco Shed in India to hold WAG-9 and WAP-7 locomotives. It formerly holded WAG-7 locos but now transferred to other sheds.
Operations
The depot had 148 units of all classes at the end of May 2010. This has increased to over 300 by April 2020.[3] In 2019, Gomoh was said to be the largest electric locomotive depot in India.[4]
Locomotives
| SN | Type of Loco | HP | Holding | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WAP-7 | 6350 | 41 | File:GMO WAP-7 39112.jpg |
| 2. | WAG-9 | 6120 | 132 | File:GMO WAG9HC 32548.jpg |
| Total locomotives active as of May 2022[5] | 173 | |||
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Indian Railways Now Has 7,000+ Electric Locos, Gomoh, Bhilai Sheds Cross 300+ Each - RailPost.in". 8 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ↑ Choubey, Praduman (8 February 2020). "New railway amenities for Dhanbad and Gomoh station". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ↑ "e-Locos".
