Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi

Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi

Itarsi-based WAP-7 hauling Narmada Express
Location within Madhya Pradesh
Location
Location	Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	22°36′29″N 77°46′01″E / 22.608°N 77.767°E / 22.608; 77.767
Characteristics
Owner(s)	Indian Railways
Operator(s)	West Central Railways
Depot code(s)	ET
Type	Engine shed
Rolling stock	WAP-4 WAP-7 WAG-9
History
Opened	1980; 42 years ago (1980)
Former rolling stock	WAM-4 WAG-5

Electric Loco Shed, Itarsi is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Itarsi of the West Central Railway zone in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is one of the major Electric loco shed in West Central Railway of the three sheds, others being Electric loco shed Tughlakabad and Electric loco shed New Katni Jn.

Operations[]

Being one of the three electric engine sheds in West Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned augmented capacity of 250 locomotives units. This shed houses a total of 203 engine units, including 75 WAP-4, 23 WAP-7 and 105 WAG-9 and the holding numbers are going to increase in the near future as new locos have been alloted by Railway board to ET shed. Like all locomotive sheds, ET does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.^[1]

Markings[]

Itarsi loco shed has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.

Locomotives[]

SN	Type of Loco	HP	Holding	Images
1.	WAP-4	5050	75
2.	WAP-7	6122	23
3.	WAG-9	6122	105
Total locomotives active as of November 2021[2]			203

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