Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana
Electric Loco Shed, Ludhiana is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Ludhiana of the Northern Railway zone in Punjab, India. It is one of the three electric loco sheds in the Northern Railwaya the others being at Ghaziabad (GZB) and Khanalampura (KJGY).
| File:LDH WAG9H.jpg LDH based WAG-9H hauling CONCOR rakes | |
  Location within Punjab | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Ludhiana, Punjab |
| Coordinates | 30°54′43″N 75°50′53″E / 30.912°N 75.848°ECoordinates: 30°54′43″N 75°50′53″E / 30.912°N 75.848°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Northern Railway zone |
| Depot code | LDH |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WAM-4 WAG-7 WAG-9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2001 |
| Former rolling stock | WAP-4 WAG-5 |
HistoryEdit
Steam locomotive sheds used to exist in Norther Railways until the late 1960s.[1][2] After Northern Railway 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 was decommissioned.[3] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Ludhiana was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[4]
New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001 with WAG-5 which were transferred from GZB, but after they were transferred to other sheds. It later got a large fleet of WAG-7 locos from GZB. It then got a large fleet of WAG-9 from other sheds. It also holds a single WAM-4 unit[5]
OperationsEdit
Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Northern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 150 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 224 engine units, including 15 WAG-7, 188 WAG-9, 20 WAP-7 & 1 WAM-4 . Like all locomotive sheds, LDH does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.
In 2020, the depot built a battery-operated shunter using components scavenged from decommissioned locomotives. The shunter can be powered either directly from overhead wires, or from battery power for limited time periods. It operates in place of a diesel shunter.[6][7]
Livery and MarkingsEdit
LDH has its own markings on the locomotives. The Shed mainly uses stenciled markings which is done on looks front and back body. LDH locomotives have standardised livery all over India.
LocomotivesEdit
| SN | Type of Loco | HP | Holding | Comments | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WAM-4 | 3640 | 1 | In shunting only | |
| 2. | WAG-7 | 5350 | 15 | In service | File:LDH WAG7.jpg |
| 3. | WAG-9 | 6100 | 188 | In service | File:LDH WAG9H.jpg |
| 4. | WAP-7 | 6350 | 20 | In service | File:Ghaziabad WAP-7.jpg |
| Total locomotives active as of May 2022[8] | 224 | ||||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "[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.
- ↑ "Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list" (PDF).
- ↑ Bhatia, Kuldip (17 August 2020). "Electric Loco Shed makes engine from scrap". The Tribune. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Railways develop unique electric engine for maintaining high temsion cables | Ludhiana News - Times of India". The Times of India. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "e-Locos".
