Steam locomotives used to exist at Itarsi until the late 1970s.[5][6] After Central Railway (former, now under West Central Railways) 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.[7] To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad-gauge lines from Central Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Itarsi was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed.[8]
With the completion of Bhopal-Khandwa Electrification in the year 1990-1991, new electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in July 1991 with 15 Indian locomotive class WAG-2 which stayed until late 2000, when they were withdrawn from service. It later got a large fleet of WAM-4 locos from Electric Loco Shed, Ajni and WAG-5 from other sheds but later some of these were then moved to other sheds and now all WAM-4 are withdrawn from service/scrapped. All WAG-5 locos are either transferred to New Katni ELS, Katni DLS, Itarsi DLS or scrapped. New WAP-7 locos were acquired in 2018. In November 2020, Itarsi ELS got its first WAG-9 locomotive.[9][10]
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 175 locomotives units. Beyond the sactioned capacity, this shed houses a total of 171 engine units, including 19 WAP-4, 55 WAP-7 and 97 WAG-9 and the holding numbers are going to increase in the near future as new locos have been allotted by Railway board to ET shed. Like all locomotive sheds, ET does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.[11] It handled prestigious trains like the Amarkantak Express[12], Rani Kamlapati-Jabalpur Janshatabdi Express[13], Humsafar Express[14] and many more mail express and superfast trains. It formerly used to hold the largest fleet of WAP-4 locomotives all over the Indian Railways but now a major chunk of the WAP-4 locomotives has been transferred to other sheds.[15]
Livery and markings
Itarsi ELS has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.
electric, loco, shed, itarsi, motive, power, depot, performing, locomotive, maintenance, repair, facility, electric, locomotives, indian, railways, located, itarsi, west, central, railway, zone, madhya, pradesh, india, major, electric, loco, shed, west, centra. 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 at Electric Loco Shed Tuglakabad TKD and New Katni Jn NKJ As of 1 December 2022 there are 171 locomotives in the Shed 2 3 4 Electric Loco Shed ItarsiItarsi based WAP 4 freshly paintedLocation within Madhya PradeshLocationLocationItarsi Madhya PradeshCoordinates22 36 29 N 77 46 01 E 22 608 N 77 767 E 22 608 77 767CharacteristicsOwnerIndian RailwaysOperatorWest Central Railway zoneDepot codeETTypeEngine shedRolling stockWAP 4 WAP 7 WAG 9HistoryOpened1991 31 years ago 1991 1 Former rolling stockWAM 4 WAG 5 equilibrium logo of Electric Loco Shed Itarsi Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Livery and markings 4 Locomotives 4 1 Former locomotives 5 ReferencesHistory EditSteam locomotives used to exist at Itarsi until the late 1970s 5 6 After Central Railway former now under West Central Railways 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 7 To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new continuous broad gauge lines from Central Madhya Pradesh to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion the Itarsi was selected by Indian Railways for a new electric locomotive shed 8 With the completion of Bhopal Khandwa Electrification in the year 1990 1991 new electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in July 1991 with 15 Indian locomotive class WAG 2 which stayed until late 2000 when they were withdrawn from service It later got a large fleet of WAM 4 locos from Electric Loco Shed Ajni and WAG 5 from other sheds but later some of these were then moved to other sheds and now all WAM 4 are withdrawn from service scrapped All WAG 5 locos are either transferred to New Katni ELS Katni DLS Itarsi DLS or scrapped New WAP 7 locos were acquired in 2018 In November 2020 Itarsi ELS got its first WAG 9 locomotive 9 10 Operations EditBeing 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 175 locomotives units Beyond the sactioned capacity this shed houses a total of 171 engine units including 19 WAP 4 55 WAP 7 and 97 WAG 9 and the holding numbers are going to increase in the near future as new locos have been allotted by Railway board to ET shed Like all locomotive sheds ET does regular maintenance overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives 11 It handled prestigious trains like the Amarkantak Express 12 Rani Kamlapati Jabalpur Janshatabdi Express 13 Humsafar Express 14 and many more mail express and superfast trains It formerly used to hold the largest fleet of WAP 4 locomotives all over the Indian Railways but now a major chunk of the WAP 4 locomotives has been transferred to other sheds 15 Livery and markings EditItarsi ELS has its own logo and stencils It is written on loco s body side as well as front amp back side Locomotives EditSN Type of Loco HP Holding Images1 WAP 4 5350 19 2 WAP 7 6350 55 3 WAG 9 6120 97 File ET WAG9HC jpgTotal locomotives active as of December 2022 16 171Former locomotives Edit SN Type of Loco HP Comments Images1 WAG 5 3850 Moved to DLS ET 17 2 WAM 4 3640 All Scrapped 18 Total Locomotives Active as of December 2022References Edit History Of electric shed Itarsi Bhopal railway division West Central Railways zone Electric shed WCR IRFCA Indian Railways FAQ Steam Locomotive Sheds in the 1970s www irfca org Retrieved 13 December 2016 scan0189 jpg www irfca org Retrieved 20 May 2020 Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways 1958 INDIAN CULTURE Retrieved 29 April 2020 Electric loco shed location Retrieved 23 November 2016 History PDF Nov 2019 Locomotive Holding list PDF Sheds and Workshops Amarkantak express Janshatabdi Express Humsafar express Transfer of WAP 4 locomotives of Itarsi e Locos Last WAG 5 of Itarsi Electric Shed transferred to Diesel shed Itarsi Last WAM 4 of Electric Loco Shed Itarsi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Electric Loco Shed Itarsi amp oldid 1128673593, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
