Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow is a metre-gauge engine shed located in

Mhow Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old -Agra Mumbai Road. It is the birthplace of Babasaheb B. R. Ambedkar . ...

, in the Indian state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

. It is located to south of Mhow railway station, it falls under the

Ratlam railway division Ratlam railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 April 1952 and its headquarter is located at Ratlam in the state of Madhya ...

of Western Railway. It is the smallest of the three locomotive sheds in the Western Railway zone.

History

When Loco Shed started 40 YDM-4s were transferred from other MG sheds to restart Loco Shed as

was a steam shed till the 1998 when the steam service was withdrawn at time shed has capacity to hold hundred steam locomotives. Locos now service the isolated MG section from

Akola Akola () is a major city in the Vidarbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The third largest city in Eastern Maharashtra after Nagpur and Amravati, it is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second ca ...

Indore Indore (; ISO 15919, ISO: , ) is the largest and most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The commercial capital of the state, it has been declared as the List of cleanest cities in India, cleanest city of In ...

. Currently it is home 18

YDM-4 The YDM-4 is a class of diesel locomotives operating on Indian Railways. The first units were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1961. Since 1968, members of the class have been manufactured in India by the Banaras Locomotive Wo ...

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Trains

Current

Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Sanawad Passenger Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Omkareshwar Road Passenger was a metre-gauge passenger train of the Indian Railways, which was running between Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in Madhya Pradesh and Omkareshwar Road railway station, ...

Former

* Ajmer–Hyderabad Meenakshi Express * Mhow–Indore Passenger

Locomotive

References

External links

Railway Board - Official Website

Western Railway - Official Website
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Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh

MHOW Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old -Agra Mumbai Road. It is the birthplace of Babasaheb B. R. Ambedkar . ...

Transport in Mhow 1998 establishments in Madhya Pradesh