Electric Loco Shed, Valsad

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Electric Loco Shed, Valsad
Location
LocationValsad, Gujarat
Coordinates20°36′36″N 72°55′34″E / 20.610°N 72.926°E / 20.610; 72.926Coordinates: 20°36′36″N 72°55′34″E / 20.610°N 72.926°E / 20.610; 72.926
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorWestern Railways
Depot codeBL
TypeElectric engine shed
Roads6
Rolling stockWAP-4
WAG-5
WAG-7
WAG-9
Routes servedAhmedabad–Mumbai main line
History
Former rolling stockWCAM-1
WCAM-2P

Electric Loco Shed, Valsad is an electric engine shed located in Valsad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located to south of Valsad railway station, it falls under the Mumbai WR railway division of Western Railway. It is one of the two electric loco sheds in WR the other being at Vadodara (BRC).[1][2][3]

History[edit]

It was established in the 1970s specifically to home dual-power locos. It holds more than 50 WAG-5 class locomotives. Post AC conversion of Western Railway, few WAG-5, and all WCAM-2 fleet were transferred to Central Railway's Kalyan Loco Shed. WCAM-1 were slowly condemned. The shed received WAG-7 in 2013.

The shed houses over 100 electric locomotives. It is the only loco shed on WR which had housed the AC/DC locomotives like WCAM-1 and WCAM-2, WCAM-2P and one of the only two in India; the other being Kalyan Loco Shed on Central Railway to house AC/DC dual powered electric locomotives. Recently many WAG-5/5As have been homed at Valsad which are pure AC locomotives.

Operations[edit]

Being one of the two 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 125 engine units. This shed houses a total of 189 engine units, including 52 WAP-4, 49 WAG-7, 1 WAG-5 and 87 WAG-9[4] [5][6]

Like all locomotive sheds, BL does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at BL but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Valsad ELS along with Vadodara 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 Saurashtra Express. BL locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to east as well.

Livery and Markings[edit]

BL has its own markings on the locomotives. The Shed mainly uses stencil marks which is present on loco's front and back body. BL based locos have standardised livery all over India.

Locomotives[edit]

SN Locomotives HP Quantity Image
1. WAP-4 5050 52
2. WAG-5 3850 1
3. WAG-7 5500 49
4. WAG-9 6122 87
Total locomotives active as of 01-06-2022[7] 189

References[edit]

  1. ↑ WESTERN RAILWAY ELECTRIC LOCO SHED, (TRS) VALSAD
  2. ↑ Locomotive Sheds
  3. ↑ Electric Loco Shed, VALSAD
  4. ↑ "Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  5. ↑ "fleets under sheds". Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  6. ↑ "List of Locos in Erode". Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  7. ↑ "e-Locos".

External links[edit]

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