Diesel Loco Shed, Jhansi

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Diesel Loco Shed, Jhansi
Location
LocationJhansi, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates25°25′54″N 78°33′07″E / 25.431645°N 78.551889°E / 25.431645; 78.551889Coordinates: 25°25′54″N 78°33′07″E / 25.431645°N 78.551889°E / 25.431645; 78.551889
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorNorth Central Railway zone
Depot codeJHS
TypeEngine shed
Rolling stockWDM-3A
WDG-3A
WDG-4D
WDP-4D
History
Opened1975; 49 years ago (1975)
Former rolling stockWDM-2

Diesel Loco Shed, Jhansi is a motive power depot located in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh in India. Like all the other sheds JHS 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 Jhansi railway division of the North Central Railway zone[1][2][3]

File:JHS DLS Logo.jpg
Logo of Diesel Loco Shed, Jhansi

Operations[edit]

Like all locomotive sheds, Jhansi does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at Jhansi but also to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair.

Locomotives of Jhansi shed are the regular links for all trains running through Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Jhansi locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling on the North Central Railway zone as well. As more and more railway lines were electrified, JHS DLS started receiving electric locomotives the WAG7 locomotives from nearby electric locomotive sheds. The Shed maintains a passenger link of 15 locomotives, which includes among others the prestigious like the Gita Jayanti Express & Mahamana Express, Ganga Kaveri Express, Fast passengers trains and Link Express trains. It initially handled only ALCo locomotives like WDM-2, WDM-3D, WDG-3A etc. But gradually it started receiving EMD locomotives like WDP-4 and WDG-4. Being the only Diesel Loco Shed in the North Central Railway zone JHS does various major and minor maintenance of diesel locomotives including washing and painting of locomotives. It also started receiving electric traction locomotives like WAG-7 etc.[4][5]

History[edit]

It was established in the year 1975 with only 5 WDM-2 class locomotives. Gradually it's capacity increased and it started to home mainy other ALCo and HHP locomotives. It has a sanctioned capacity of 80-100 locomotives. Because of the Railway's 100% electrification project, in 2020-21 it was decided that the shed will be converted into an electric loco shed.[6][7]

Livery and Markings[edit]

Indian Railways allows all loco sheds in Indian Railways to paint the locomotives as they wish. JHS Diesel Loco Shed also has its own unique colour scheme of Diesel locomotives. [8] Like all other sheds JHS has its own stencils and Markings on the locomotives. It is written in bold letters on the loco's front, back and on its body.

Locomotives[edit]

SN Locomotives HP Quantity Images
1. WDM-3A 3100 14
2. WDG-3A 35
3. WDM-3D 3300 29 A WDM3D locomotive from Jhansi shed in a complete new livery - Flickr - Dr. Santulan Mahanta.jpg
4. WDP-4/4D 4000 14
5. WDG-4/4D 4500 18 WDG4D 70360.jpg
6. WDS-6 1400 13
7. WAG-7 5000 45
Total locomotives active as of January 2022[9][10][11] 168

References[edit]

  1. "Indian Railways".
  2. "North Central Railway zone".
  3. "Jhansi railway division".
  4. "irfca".
  5. "DSL JHS".
  6. "JHS to be converted..."
  7. "Amar ujala".
  8. "Liveries".
  9. "Mechanical traction".
  10. "IRFCA LIST".
  11. "e-locos".


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