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Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Howrah until the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=scan0189.jpg|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After Eastern Railway set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds was decommissioned.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Kolkata to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Howrah was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Electric loco shed location|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> | Steam locomotive sheds used to exist at Howrah until the late 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed2.html#bgsr|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2016-12-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=scan0189.jpg|url=https://www.irfca.org/gallery/Steam/collingwood/scan0189.jpg.html|website=www.irfca.org|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> After Eastern Railway set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1990, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds was decommissioned.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref> To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Kolkata to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Howrah was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.<ref>{{cite web|title=Electric loco shed location|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> | ||
New electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001s with [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1|WAP-1]] from Ghaziabad which stayed until late 2005, when they were transferred back to Ghaziabad again. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] locos, but later some of these were then moved to Asansol. All [[Indian locomotive class WAP-6|WAP-6]] locos from Asansol shed converted to WAP-4 units and transferred here. New [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] locos were acquired in 2011. In October 2019, Howrah ELS got its first WAP-5 locomotive from | New electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the late 2001s with [[Indian locomotive class WAP-1|WAP-1]] from Ghaziabad which stayed until late 2005, when they were transferred back to Ghaziabad again. It later got a large fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]] locos, but later some of these were then moved to Asansol. All [[Indian locomotive class WAP-6|WAP-6]] locos from Asansol shed converted to WAP-4 units and transferred here. New [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] locos were acquired in 2011. In October 2019, Howrah ELS got its first WAP-5 locomotive from [[Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara|Vadodara]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed.png|alt=|thumb|401x401px|Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed]] | [[File:Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed.png|alt=|thumb|401x401px|Route haul map of Howrah Electric Loco shed]] | ||
The shed also held a few WAM-4 units. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service. | The shed also held a few WAM-4 units. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service. | ||