Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar

{{short description|Loco shed in Jharkhand, India}}

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{{Infobox railway depot

| name = Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar

| image = TATA WAG9.jpg

| image_upright = 1.5

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| image_alt =

| caption = Tatanagar based WAG-9 at Durg Jn.

| location = Tatanagar, Jharkhand

| country = {{flagu|India}}

| coordinates = {{coord|22|46|07|N|86|12|06|E|display=inline}}

| owner = Indian Railways

| operator = South Eastern Railways

| depotcode = TATA

| type = Engine shed

| opened = {{Start date and age|1962|||df=y}}

| closed =

| original =

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| roads =

| rollingstock = WAP-7
WAG-9

| former_rolling_stock = WAM-4
WAG-7
WAG-5
WAP-4

| routes =

| map_type = India Jharkhand

| map_size = 250

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Electric Loco Shed, Tatanagar is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Tatanagar of the South Eastern Railway zone in Jharkhand, India.

Operations

Being one of the three electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 120 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 200 engine units, including 27 WAP-7 and 174 WAG-9. Like all locomotive sheds, TATA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}

Livery & Markings

TATA based WAP-7 has TATA Steel advertisement on loco's body side.

File:Tatanagar WAP 7 37269.jpg

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

Locomotives

class="wikitable"

!SN

!Type of Loco

!HP

!Holding

1.

|WAP-7

|6350

|63

2.

|WAG-9

|6120

|195

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

|258

References