Electric Loco Shed, Angul is a

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performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for

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s of the

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, located at

Angul Angul (also known as Anugul) is a town and a municipality and the headquarters of Angul district in the state of Odisha, India. Angul has an average elevation of above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km2. ...

of the

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, India. It is one of the two electric locomotive sheds of the East Coast Railway, the others being at

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(VKSP). As of 1 November 2020, there are 216 locomotives in the shed.

History

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 were decommissioned. To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Odisha to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Angul was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed. This shed was developed in 2005 and presently holding 196

WAG-7 The Indian locomotive class WAG-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1990 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G ...

Locomotives only. Initially Diesel Loco Shed (DLS) was commissioned in Angul in 1999. In 2002 Indian railways decided to convert DLS to ELS for homing capacity of 50 Locos. In 2005 Angul DLS/ELS 50 Locos was converted to Electric Loco Shed Angul. Augmentation work from 105 Locos to 150 Locos is under progress..The shed Started life on paper as a diesel shed but soon converted to an electric shed. Locomotives were received even when the shed building was not complete. The WAM-4 and WAG-5 locos were brought from other sheds. In Feb 2006, all Angul WAM-4s have been transferred to VSKP, and henceforth, Angul will home only goods locos like WAG-5s and WAG-7s. In the late 2003

WAG-5 The Indian locomotive class WAG-5 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1978 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic ( ...

were introduced which stayed until late 2010, when they were transferred to VKSP. It later got a large fleet of

locos from other sheds.

Operations

Being one of the two electric engine sheds in East Coast Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 207 engine units, all

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...

units. It also housed a few WAM-4 locomotives temporarily. Electric loco Shed, Angul is now housing a large fleet of

in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains. Like all locomotive sheds, ANGL does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at ANGL but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Angul ELS along with VKSP ELS were the regular links for all freight trains running through odisha when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East coast Railways. ANGL locomotives are rarely also used for passenger trains as well.

Livery and markings

Angul WAG-7 locomotives have a standardized livery all over India.

Locomotives

References

External links

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maps of Indian Railway Loco Sheds

showing the Angul Electric Loco Shed
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