Electric Loco Shed, Erode

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Electric Loco Shed, Erode
Location
LocationErode, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates11°21′00″N 77°44′00″E / 11.35000°N 77.73333°E / 11.35000; 77.73333Coordinates: 11°21′00″N 77°44′00″E / 11.35000°N 77.73333°E / 11.35000; 77.73333
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorSouthern Railway zone
Depot codeED
TypeEngine shed
Roads6
Rolling stockWAP-4
WAP-7
WAG-7
WAG-9
History
Opened1998; 26 years ago (1998)

Electric Loco Shed, Erode is one of the premiere engine sheds located in Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located along the Jolarpettai–Coimbatore line, about 1 km to the east of Erode Junction, under the administrative control of Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone.[1]

File:ED ELS Logo.jpg
Logo of Electric Loco Shed, Erode
Route haul map of Erode Electric Loco shed

Operations[edit]

Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Southern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. This shed houses a total of 210 engine units, including 48 WAP-4, 68 WAP-7, 94 WAG-7.[2] It caters to many long-distance electric trains.[3][4]

Like all locomotive sheds, ED does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at ED but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Erode ELS along with Arrakonam ELS and Royapuram ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Kerala and Tamil Nadu when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Southern Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the Millennium Express, and the Grand Trunk Express. ED locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north as well.

Livery and Markings[edit]

Erode based WAP-7 has many different types of Advertisement liveries on them. Mainly these are
SKM Porna Chicken
Tamil Nadu Tourism
A-1 SKC Ghee
Anuj Tiles
NGA TMT Steels
Besten Pumps

ED based SKM Porna Chicken advertised WAP-7 locomotive




ED based WAP-4 and WAG-7 have standardised livery all over India

Locomotives[edit]

SN Locomotives HP Quantity Image
1. WAP-4 5350 48
2. WAP-7 6122 68
3. WAG-7 5500 94 File:Erode WAG7.jpg
Total locomotives active as of May 2022[5] 210

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Electric loco shed location". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "fleets under sheds". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "List of Locos in Erode". Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "e-Locos".

External links[edit]

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