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Electric Loco Shed, Ajni

{{Short description|Loco shed in Maharashtra, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox railway depot

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| image_alt = The shed is located near Ajni railway station.

| caption = Ajni based WAP-7 at Wardha.

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| location = Ajni, Nagpur, Maharashtra

| owner = Indian Railways

| operator = Central Railways

| depotcode = AQ

| type = Engine shed

| roads = 6

| rollingstock = WAP-7
WAG-9

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| opened = {{Start date and age|2005|||df=y}}

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Electric Loco Shed, Ajni is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, under its of the Central Railway division, located in {{stnlnk|Ajni}}, Nagpur in Maharashtra, India. It is one of the three electric locomotive sheds of the Central Railway, the others being at Kalyan (KYNE) and Bhusawal (BSLL).

History

After Central 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.{{Cite web|title=Report of the Expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958|url=http://www.indianculture.gov.in/report-expert-committee-coal-consumption-railways-1958|access-date=2020-04-29|website=INDIAN CULTURE}} 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 Ajni was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.{{cite web|title=Electric loco shed location|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/erode-junction-ed/39|access-date=2016-11-23}}

In the late 2003 WAM-4 were introduced which stayed until late 2000s, when they were transferred to Itarsi It later got a large fleet of WAG-7 locos from other sheds.{{Cite web|title=Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/Holding_11_19.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Operations

Being one of the three electric engine sheds in Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 200 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 284 engine units,all WAP-7 units. It also housed a few WAM-4 locomotives temporarily.{{cite web|title=Indian Railway-shed wise engine.holdings|url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/directorate/ele_engg/downloads/Shed_type_wise_holding_011015.pdf|access-date=2016-11-23|page=1}} Electric loco Shed, Ajni is now housing a large fleet of WAP-7 in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.{{cite news|title=fleets under sheds|url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr|access-date=2016-11-23}}{{cite web|title=List of Locos in amgul|url=http://www.irfca.org/apps/locos/list?authenticity_token=ReK61Xl7XaF1VJapJ63USw3GU20HKtdaWEzVPl%2Bwz28%3D&page=6&shed_id=15|access-date=2016-11-23}}

Like all locomotive sheds, AJNI does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at AJNI but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Ajni ELS along with Itarsi ELS were the regular links for all trains running through maharashtra when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East coast Railways. AJNI locomotives are also used for Rajdhani and Duranto trains as well.

Livery and markings

Ajni WAP-7 has Haldiram's Sweets & Namkeens advertised on loco's body side.

Ajni locomotives have a standardized livery all over India.

Locomotives

class="wikitable"

!Serial No.

!Locomotive Class

!Horspower

!Quantity

1.

|WAP-7

|6350

|73

2.

|WAG-9

|6120

|235

colspan="3" |Total locomotives active as of July 2025{{Cite web |title=e-Locos |url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}308

Alstom Depot, Nagpur

In addition to the regular electric shed operated wholly by the Indian Railways, a depot has been setup by Alstom next to the current shed to maintain 250 of Alstom's WAG-12 locomotives.{{Cite news |date=2022-08-06 |title=Nagpur: Stage set for commissioning of 12,000 HP locomotive maintenance project at Ajni |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/stage-set-for-commissioning-of-12000-hp-loco-maintenance-project-at-ajni/articleshow/93379019.cms |access-date=2025-05-30 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

class="wikitable"

|+Electric Loco Shed, Nagpur

!Serial No.

!Locomotive Class

!Horsepower

!Holding

1.

|WAG-12B

|12000

|250

colspan="3" |Total Locomotives Active as of May 2025

|250

See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,304,366,549,687,709%7COfficial Website]
  • [http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html#sr%7CLoco Particulars]
  • [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1roX7g62tnMMg55hY1MrsHO9jZWA&hl=en_US&ll=11.4184021004248%2C78.02839185468747&z=7%7CGoogle maps of Indian Railway Loco Sheds]
  • [https://vimeo.com/185662473%7CVideo showing the Ajni Electric Loco Shed]

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