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'''Electric Loco Shed, Tughlakabad''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Tughlakabad (village) |Tughlakabad]] of the [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] in [[Delhi]], India. It is located in Northern Railways but comes under the jurisdiction of West Central railway zone. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the [[West Central Railway zone]], the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi|Itarsi]] (ET) and New Katni Jn (NKJ).<ref>{{Cite web|title=West central railways|url=https://wcr.indianrailways.gov.in/}}</ref> | '''Electric Loco Shed, Tughlakabad''' is a [[motive power depot]] performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Tughlakabad (village) |Tughlakabad]] of the [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]] in [[Delhi]], India. It is located in Northern Railways but comes under the jurisdiction of West Central railway zone. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the [[West Central Railway zone]], the others being at [[Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi|Itarsi]] (ET) and New Katni Jn (NKJ).<ref>{{Cite web|title=West central railways|url=https://wcr.indianrailways.gov.in/}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Steam locomotives used to exist at Tuglakabad 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 Western Railway (former, now under West Central Railways) set a deadline to eliminate all steam locomotive operations by 1980s, a push was given towards establishing electric locomotion as the primary motive power, and the steam locomotive sheds were 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 Delhi to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Tuglakabad 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> | |||
==Operations== | ==Operations== | ||