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Post AC conversion of [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]], [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-1|WCAM-1]] & [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-2|WCAM-2/2P]] fleet transferred to [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]]'s [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan Loco Shed]]. WCAM-1 was gradually condemned and are out of service totally. | Post AC conversion of [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]], [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-1|WCAM-1]] & [[Indian locomotive class WCAM-2|WCAM-2/2P]] fleet transferred to [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]]'s [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan Loco Shed]]. WCAM-1 was gradually condemned and are out of service totally. | ||
==Operations== | |||
Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Western 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 205 engine units, including 66 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5|WAP-5]], 139 [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-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> Electric loco Shed, Erode is now housing the 2nd largest fleet of [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5|WAP-5]] in Indian Railways and 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, BRC does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at BRC but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Vadodara ELS along with Valsad ELS were the regular links for all trains running through Gujarat and Maharashtra when widespread electrification of railway lines started in Western Railways. It handled prestigious trains like the [[August Kranti Rajdhani Express]], and the [[Gujarat Mail ]]. BRC locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well. | |||
== Livery & markings == | == Livery & markings == | ||