Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara

Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara
Characteristics
Owner(s) Indian Railways
Operator(s) Western Railway
Depot code(s) BRC
Type Electric Engine shed
Rolling stock WAP-4, WAP-5, WAP-7, WAM-4 and WAG-5, WAG-9
Routes served Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line
Mathura–Vadodara section

Vadodara Electric Loco Shed is an electric engine shed located in Vadodara, in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located to south of Vadodara railway station, it falls under the Vadodara railway division of Western Railway. It is the largest of locomotive sheds in the Western Railway zone. The shed houses more than 130 locomotives, which include WAP-4, WAP-5, WAP-7, WAM-4 and WAG-5, WAG-9 locomotives. [1][2][3][4][5]

History

Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara based WAP-4E loco 22352

It was established in the 1970s specifically to home dual-power locos. It holds more than 50 WAG-5 class locomotives. Shed received WAG-7 in 2013.

It was an AC electric trip shed to house locos coming from other sheds and an AC/DC dual loco trip shed which houses WCAM Class locomotives from Valsad shed and which allows locomotive changes at Vadodara because the trains which were coming from New Delhi mainline are AC Locomotives and the trains going to Mumbai need AC/DC Loco.

Post AC conversion of Western Railway, WAG-5 WCAM2 fleet transferred to Central Railway's Kalyan Loco Shed. WCAM-1 were slowly condemned.

Shed which houses over 100 electric locomotives. It is the only loco shed on WR which houses 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 Vadodara who are pure AC locomotives.

Rolling stock

The shed homes about 200 diesel locomotives of varied types, which are its primary rolling stock of the shed.

Types of Locos maintained and their HP & holdings

SN Loco Holding
1. WAM4 20
2. WCAM1 35
3. WCAM2/2P 6
4. WAG5 170
5. WAP5 15
6. WAP4 65
7. WAP4 65

References

  1. ↑ WESTERN RAILWAY ELECTRIC LOCO SHED, Vadodara
  2. ↑ Locomotive Sheds
  3. ↑ Government dragging its feet over filling safety posts’ in railways
  4. ↑ Now, Vadodara to 'engine' high speed trains
  5. ↑ Vadodara Electric Loco Shed - Indian railways
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