Diesel Loco Shed, Malda Town

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Diesel Loco Shed, Malda Town
Location
LocationMalda, West Bengal
Coordinates25°01′35″N 88°07′31″E / 25.026412°N 88.125381°E / 25.026412; 88.125381Coordinates: 25°01′35″N 88°07′31″E / 25.026412°N 88.125381°E / 25.026412; 88.125381
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorNorth East Frontier Railway zone
Depot codeMLDT
TypeEngine shed
Rolling stockWDM-3A
WDG-2/3A
WDM-3D
WAG-9
History
Opened1984; 40 years ago (1984)
Former rolling stockWDM-2

Diesel Loco Shed, Malda Town is an engine shed located in Malda, West Bengal in India. Diesel Loco Shed, Malda Town provides regular maintenance and repair of Diesel locomotives in Indian Railways. It is now rated as one of the premier loco sheds in Indian Railways. It is one of the three Diesel Loco Sheds in the Northeast Frontier Railway zone followed by New Guwahati and Siliguri. It comes under the Katihar railway division.[1][2]

Operations[edit]

It was originally a steam loco shed but with the introduction of the Diesel traction the shed was also converted into a diesel Loco Shed and became the first Broad Gauge diesel Loco Shed in Northeast Frontier Railway. Being one of the three diesel sheds, various major and minor maintenance are carried out here. Like all the other locomotives sheds, MLDT does regular maintenance of Diesel Locomotives including washing and painting of the locomotives. It is located in Eastern Railway zone but it comes under Northeast Frontier Railway zone. [3]

History[edit]

It was established in 1984 with a total holding of 20 locomotives. It has a sanctioned capacity of 60 locomotives. It also started receiving WAG-9 (electric traction) locomotives in 2021[4]. It was ISO certified in the year 2007 with ISO (9001:2000).

Livery and Markings[edit]

Diesel Loco Shed, MLDT has its own beautiful colour scheme of locomotives. MLDT based locomotives have a livery with top and bottom painted in blue colour and middle painted in cream colour having a red colour strip with the locos' road numbers. [5] MLDT loco shed has its own logo and stencils. It is written in bold letters on loco's body as well as in front and back.

Locomotives[edit]

SN Locomotives HP Quantity Images
1. WDM-3A 3100 42 MLDT based WDM3A 16598R.jpg
2. WDG-3A 4
3. WDM-3D 3300 15 WDM-3D 11466.jpg
4. WAG-9 6000 3
Total locomotives active as of January 2022[6][7][8] 64

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Indian Railways".
  2. ↑ "Northeast Frontier Railway zone".
  3. ↑ "irfca1".
  4. ↑ "Indian rail info".
  5. ↑ "Liveries".
  6. ↑ "Railway Website Mechanical Department". Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "IRFCA".
  8. ↑ "e-locos".

External links[edit]

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