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[[File:Route haul map of Erode Electric Loco shed.png|thumb|260px|Route haul map of Erode Electric Loco shed]] | [[File:Route haul map of Erode Electric Loco shed.png|thumb|260px|Route haul map of Erode Electric Loco shed]] | ||
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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 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], 68 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]], 94 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG-7]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf | |||
|page=1|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> It caters to many long-distance electric trains.<ref>{{cite news|title=fleets under sheds|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=List of Locos in Erode|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> | |||
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 [[Millenium Express]], and the [[Grand Trunk Express]]. ED locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north as well. | |||
== Locomotives == | == Locomotives == | ||