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Electric Loco Shed, Angul

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progress..The shed Started life on paper as a diesel shed but soon converted to an electric shed. Locomotives were received even when the shed building was not complete. The WAM-4 and WAG-5 locos were brought from other sheds. In Feb 2006, all Angul WAM-4s have been transferred to VSKP, and henceforth, Angul will home only goods locos like WAG-5s and WAG-7s.
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Locomotives only. Initially Diesel Loco Shed (DLS) was commissioned in Angul in 1999. In 2002 Indian railways decided to convert DLS to ELS for homing capacity of 50 Locos. In 2005 Angul DLS/ELS 50 Locos was converted to Electric Loco Shed Angul. Augmentation work from 105 Locos to 150 Locos is under
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After Eastern 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. To meet the needs of exponentially increasing rail traffic on the new
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Like all locomotive sheds, ANGL does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at ANGL but to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair. Locomotives of Angul ELS along with
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Being one of the two electric engine sheds in East Coast 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 207 engine units, all
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VSKP ELS were the regular links for all freight trains running through odisha when widespread electrification of railway lines started in East coast Railways. ANGL locomotives are rarely also used for passenger trains as well.
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continuous broad gauge lines from Odisha to rest of India with the completion of gauge conversion, the Angul was selected by Indian railways for a new electric locomotive shed.
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units. It also housed a few WAM-4 locomotives temporarily. Electric loco Shed, Angul is now housing a large fleet of
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were introduced which stayed until late 2010, when they were transferred to VKSP. It later got a large fleet of
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Angul WAG-7 & WAG-9 locomotives have a standardized livery all over India.
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in Indian Railways and it caters to many long-distance electric trains.
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This shed was developed in 2005 and presently holding 190
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performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for
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The shed is located near Angul railway station.
Electric Loco Shed, Angul is located in Odisha
Angul
Odisha
20°51′42″N 85°05′58″E / 20.861610°N 85.099408°E / 20.861610; 85.099408
Indian Railways
East Coast Railway zone
Engine shed
WAG-7
WAG-9
WAM-4
WAG-5
motive power depot
electric locomotives
Indian Railways
Angul
East Coast Railway zone
Odisha
Vishakhapatnam
WAG-7
WAG-5
WAG-7
WAG-7
WAG-7
WAG-7
WAG-9
Electric Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam
Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam
"e-Locos"
"Report of the expert Committee on Coal Consumption on Railways, 1958"

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