Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai is a

motive power depot 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 ...

performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for

electric locomotive An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a Battery (electricity), battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime mover (locomotive), ...

s of the

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

, located at

Bhilai Bhilai is a city in Durg district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. Along with its twin-city Durg, the urban agglomeration of Durg-Bhilai Nagar has a population of more than a million, making it the second-larges ...

of the

South East Central Railway zone The South East Central Railway (abbreviated SECR) is one of the 19 Railway Zones in India. The zonal headquarters are located at Bilaspur and comprises the , and . History This Zone was formerly part of the South Eastern Railway. It was ina ...

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

, India.

History

New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the 1980s with WAM-4 class. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service.

Operations

Being one of the two electric loco sheds in South East Central 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 299 engine units, including 15

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic ...

, and 290

WAG-9 The Indian locomotive class WAG-9 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1995 by ABB for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Goods traffic (G), 9th generation (9) locomotiv ...

. Like all locomotive sheds, BIA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. BIA locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north and south as well.

Livery & markings

Bhilai WAP-7 locomotive has Goel TMT, GK TMT, Jindal Panther TMT and Shourya TMT advertisements on loco's body side. Bhilai loco shed has its own stencils. It is written in Bold letters in both English and Hindi language.

History

Operations

Livery & markings

Locomotives

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