Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty is an

engine shed A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine sheds" or just "sheds". Facilit ...

located in

Gooty Gooty ( ; Telugu: గుత్తి, transliterated as Guththi) is a town in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Gooty mandal in Anantapur revenue division. The town is renowned for the Gooty ...

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. It falls under the jurisdiction of

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zone.

History

It is one of the oldest loco sheds, started by the British, initially as B.G Steam Loco Shed, which later got converted to B.G Diesel Loco Shed, in 1963.

Operations

It is one of the largest loco shed handling more than 200 locos. It handles routine maintenance on

WDG-4 The Indian locomotive class WDG-4 (EMD GT46MAC) is a type of six-axle ( Co-Co) freight-hauling diesel–electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel in 1997–1998 for Indian Railways, where ...

locos. The shed earlier in 2016, was allotted with EMD 710 locomotives having higher power output of 5,500 hp (4.1 MW) - the

WDG-5 The Indian locomotive class WDG-5 (EMD GT50AC) is a class of heavy haul Diesel–electric locomotive built by Banaras Locomotive Works, Varanasi in collaboration with Electro-Motive Diesel. At a rated power output of , it is the second most p ...

(EMD GT50AC), equipped with the 20-cylinder version of the 710 prime mover (Based on the

SD80MAC The EMD SD80MAC was a C-C diesel-electric locomotive. It was powered by a 20-cylinder version of EMD's 710G prime mover, and was the second diesel locomotive by GM-EMD to use a V20 engine, since EMD's SD45 series. It introduced a wide radiato ...

). 3 units 50003, 50004 and 50005 were allotted, but were homed only till December 2017, due to maintenance difficulties and were sent to Sabarmati (SBT) Shed of Western Railway (WR) to be homed with other locomotives of the same class. This shed has been recently in April 2023, allotted with New-Generation Greener General Electric (GE) Diesel Locos, based on the Evolution Series ( GEvo) platform, like the 4,500 hp (3.4 MW) WDG-4G (GE ES43ACmi) and the 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) WDG-6G (GE ES57ACi), which have completely replaced the old-ageing

ALCO DL560C The ALCO DL560C is a series of diesel–electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by the American Locomotive Company and produced under license by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) Varanasi, India for Indian Railways as their classe ...

diesel locomotive fleet of this shed, making it the 3rd Shed in the entire IR Network after

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(GIMB), and the First one in South India to home these locomotives.

Locomotives

References

External links

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GOOTY Gooty ( ; Telugu: గుత్తి, transliterated as Guththi) is a town in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Gooty mandal in Anantapur revenue division. The town is renowned for the Gooty ...

Rail transport in Andhra Pradesh Secunderabad railway division 1963 establishments in Andhra Pradesh