Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad

Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad
	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/4B ; WDP-1 ; WAP-1 ; WAP-4 ; WAP-7 ; WAG-9H ; WDS-6
History
Opened	1970; 54 years ago
Former rolling stock	WDM-2 ;

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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]

Logo of Diesel Loco Shed, Tuglakabad

Operations[edit]

Being one of the major Diesel Loco Sheds in the Northern Railway zone various major and minor maintenance of locomotives are carried out here. It is the only shed in Indian railways till now which holds the WDP-1 class of Diesel Locomotive. Like all the other sheds DLS TKD does regular overhauling, washing and painting of locomotives.^[4]

History[edit]

It was established in the year 1970 with a planned holding of 80 locomotives and initial holding of 20 WDM-2 locomotives. It got ISO-9001:2000 certification from ISO certification body Florida, U.S.A through Quality Services International/Jaipur July, 2003, as per the required Quality Standards.^[5]. The shooting of the movie "The burning Train" was also done at this shed. It was shared by National Rail Museum - Delhi on Facebook in 2020 when the shed completed its glorious 50 years. ^[6]

Livery and Markings[edit]

Like all the other sheds DLS TKD has its own beautiful colour scheme of Diesel locomotives. The locomotives of this shed have "TKD" written in bold letters on loco's body.^[7]

Locomotives[edit]

SN	Locomotives	HP	Quantity	Images
1.	WDM-3A	3100	26	File:TKD WDM3A 16377.jpg
2.	WDG-3A	3100	10	File:TKD WDM3A 18734.jpg
3.	WDP-3A	3100	20	File:TKD WDP3A.jpg
4.	WDP-4/4D/4B	4000	38	File:TKD WDP4B.jpg
5.	WDG-4/4D	4500	16	File:LDH WDG4D.jpg
6.	WDP-1	2300	44	File:TKD WDP1.jpg
7.	WDS-6	1400	11	File:SSB WDS6.jpg
8.	WAG-9H	6000	36	File:TKD WAG9HC.jpg
9.	WAP-1	3800	12	File:TKD WAP1.jpg
10.	WAP-4	5050	37	File:BRC WAP4.jpg
11.	WAP-7	6350	28
Total locomotives active as of December 2022^[8]^[9]^[10]			267

References[edit]

External links[edit]

[1] "Indian Railways".

[2] "Northern Railway zone".

[3] "Delhi railway division".

[4] "PDF" (PDF).

[5] "History".

[6] "Facebook".

[7] "Liveries".

[8] "Railway website Mechanical department".

[9] "IRFCA".

[10] "e-locos".

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