Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow
Diesel Loco Shed, Alambagh, Lucknow is an engine shed located in Alambagh Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India. Like all the other sheds, AMV (LKO) 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 falls under the jurisdiction of Lucknow NR railway division of the Northern Railway zone. It is one of the four diesel loco sheds in the Northern Railway zone others being at Tughlakabad (TKD), Ludhiana (LDH) and Roza (ROZA). [1][2][3]
| File:LKO WDM3D 11233.jpg AMV (LKO) based WDM-3D in a unique new livery doing some shunting work. | |
  Location within Uttar Pradesh | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Alambagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Coordinates | 26°49′45″N 80°55′37″E / 26.829118°N 80.926815°ECoordinates: 26°49′45″N 80°55′37″E / 26.829118°N 80.926815°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Northern Railway zone |
| Depot code | The shed's code is "AMV" but the locos simply carry "LKO" markings on them. |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WDM-3A WDG-3A WDG-4D WDP-4D WDM-3D WDS-6 WDS-4 WAP-1 WAG-7 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1988 |
| Former rolling stock | WDM-2 |
OperationsEdit
It was mainly a steam loco shed but it was converted into a diesel shed in 1988. Like all locomotive sheds, Alambagh Lucknow does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at Alambagh Lucknow but also to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair.
Locomotives of Alambagh Lucknow shed along with Tuglakabad shed are the regular links for all trains running through Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Alambagh Lucknow locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling on the Northern Railway zone as well. As more and more railway lines were electrified, AMV (LKO) started losing links to electric locomotives, mainly WAP1 and WAG7 locomotives from nearby electric locomotive sheds. The Shed maintains a passenger link of 21 locomotives, which includes among others the prestigious like the Bagh Express & Garib Rath Express and Kamakhya–Gandhidham Express Fast passengers trains and Link Express trains. The shed has a water recycling plant which recycles 6k litres of water daily in washing of Locomotives.[4][5]
HistoryEdit
It was established in the year 1988 and the first loco homed in the shed was a WDS-6 #19036 class shunting locomotive. It was ISO certified in the year 2003 with ISO 9001-2000. In 2019 the shed received a cash award of 60,000 Rs. for the efforts to upgrade the skills and knowledge of staff and supervisors. [6][7]
Livery and MarkingsEdit
Indian Railways allows all the loco sheds to paint the locomotives as they wish. AMV (LKO) also has a unique and beautiful colour scheme of Diesel locomotives. ALCos of the sheds are painted in grey/blue/grey livery with "PRABAL" written on between the blue band on the loco's body. [8] AMV (LKO) has its own stencils and Markings on the locomotives. It is written on loco's front and back body.
LocomotivesEdit
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WDM-3A | 3100 | 16 | 
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| 2. | WDG-3A | 23 | _WDG3A_13372.jpg)
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| 3. | WDM-3D | 3300 | 65 | 
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| 4. | WDP-4/4D | 4000 | 14 | 
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| 5. | WDG-4/4D | 4500 | 42 | 
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| 6. | WDS-4 | 600 | 2 | 
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| 7. | WDS-6 | 1400 | 4 | |
| 8. | WAG-7 | 5000 | 16 | 
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| 9. | WAP-1 | 3800 | 15 | 
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| Total locomotives active as of 01-01-2022[9][10][11] | 186 | |||
See AlsoEdit
• Diesel Loco Shed, Jhansi
• Diesel Loco Shed, Ludhiana
• Diesel Loco Shed, Tughlakabad