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'''Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Itarsi]] of the [[West Central Railway zone]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. It is one of the major Electric loco shed in West Central Railway of the three sheds, others being at [[Electric Loco Shed Tuglakabad|Tuglakabad]] and New Katni Jn. | '''Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for [[electric locomotive]]s of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Itarsi]] of the [[West Central Railway zone]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India. It is one of the major Electric loco shed in West Central Railway of the three sheds, others being at [[Electric Loco Shed Tuglakabad|Tuglakabad]] and New Katni Jn. | ||
==Operations== | |||
Being one of the three electric engine sheds in West Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned augmented capacity of 250 locomotives units. This shed houses a total of 203 engine units, including 75 [[WAP-4]], 23 [[WAP-7]] and 105 [[WAG-9]] and the holding numbers are going to increase in the near future as new locos have been allotted by Railway board to ET shed. Like all locomotive sheds, ET does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref> | |||