Sheds and Workshops

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Home Shed Markings
Western Region
Central Region
Southern Region

Northern Region
Eastern Region

Konkan Railway
Marshalling Yards

Locomotive Sheds

Q. How can I tell which home shed a loco belongs to?

Home sheds for locos are often, but not always, indicated somewhere on the loco itself. For instance, the station code of the home shed may be painted on the side of the loco, or the full name of the shed may appear on the front. Some sheds have elaborate logos, whereas others may just bear stylized renditions of the shed names. Logos often appear on the front, but are sometimes on the sides of locos (e.g., Erode, Lallaguda, Vadodara). Some sheds don't use any logos, e.g., Santragachhi, Mughalsarai. Station codes often appear near the buffers on one side. For many sheds (e.g., Howrah, Kanpur, Mughalsarai) the shed station code appears in Roman letters on one side and the full name of the shed in Devanagari on the other.

Many Pune shed locomotives, esp. diesel, bear a navy blue disc shaped logo up front with the full name 'Pune' painted thereon, in the local language Marathi. Erode has a flying deer logo. Itarsi based engines also have the 'Itarsi' displayed in full. Baroda locos have 'BRC' painted on with to-and-fro arrows above and below it. Some flat-faced steam locos used to have station codes of their sheds painted (sometimes in a stylized manner) at the centre of the face of the loco, e.g., Baripada (BPO) and Nainpur (NIR) locos (ZD's, ZE's).

However, not all locos have home shed indications. Many CR locos have no indication of their home sheds. Golden Rock locos are often unmarked when on test runs or after being rebuilt (major overhauls).

Q. Where are the loco sheds, workshops, and trip sheds?

Given below are some of the more important loco sheds.

Western Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Ratlam	Diesel	WDS-4, WDM-2, WDM-3A	Formerly home for the double-headed diesel-hauled Rajdhanis' locos.
Vatwa (for Ahmedabad)	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDS-4, WDS-6	Homes locos for the Swarna Jayanthi Rajdhani Express.
Gandhidham (for Kandla Port duties)	Diesel (BG, MG)	YDM-4, WDM-2, WDS-4, WDS-6	Used to have a large fleet of YDM-4's but most have been transferred/scraped. Now this shed only holds a few of these and 2 WDM-2's for work in the Kandla Port sidings. This shed used to have MG (YDM-1) locos and later, when YDM-1's were phased out, it was a trip shed for YDM-4 locos. Also used to be a trip shed for Vatva WDS-4, WDS-6 shunters, some of which were permanently transferred here when Kandla port traffic increased. Westernmost shed.
Sabarmati (for Ahmedabad)	Diesel, BG and MG (had a steam shed too)	WDS-4?, YDM-4, etc.	Used to have one of the largest holdings of YDM-4 locomotives. However many have now [3/05] been transferred to Phulera and Mhow sheds owing to the isolation of lines towards Udaipur. [6/04] Nine YDM-4 locos from here have been sold to Togorail SA and shipped to Togo. All are reported currently [7/04] stored.
Mhow	Diesel, MG	YDM-4	As many as 40 YDM-4s have been trasnferred from other MG sheds to create IR's latest MG shed [3/05]. Locos now service the isolated MG section from Akola to Indore. Was a steam shed till the early 90's.
Valsad	Electric	WCAM-1, WCAM-2, WCAM-2P, WAG-5	Shed created in the 1970s specifically to home dual-power locos, but now has pure AC locos as well. [9/04] 20 WAG-5's transferred from Itarsi. These will cater to the container traffic from JNPT, Mumbai. Now holds 30 WAG-5 class locomotives [5/07].
Vadodara	Electric	WAM-4/4E, WAP-4, WAG-5	The main electric shed at Vadodara homes both passenger and freight locos. There is a trip shed attached to the main shed, used for passenger electric locos (this trip shed can accommodate WAP-5/7 locos), and there is a separate trip shed used for freight electrics. Used to have WCAM locos until the mid-1990s; also had WAP-1 locos. Has 10 WAG-5s transferred from Itarsi. Locos are sent to Bhusawal for POH.
Vadodara	Electric - MEMU	MEMU units	Close to the main Vadodara electric shed, provides for services towards Ahmedabad and Surat.
Bandra Marshalling Yard (BAMY)	AC/DC trip shed	WCAMx locos	Officially known as Electric Loco Shed, BAMY, Khar Road
Bandra Marshalling Yard (BAMY)	Diesel	WDS-4	Had some WDM-2 locos? May have had some WDS-6 locos. Used to home some DMU units.
Mumbai Central	Trip shed for some Valsad locos
Mumbai Central	Car shed for WR EMUs		(Also known as Mahalaxmi car shed)
Kandivali	Car shed for WR EMUs		WR's dual-power AC-DC EMUs are homed and maintained here.
Virar	(Proposed [11/03], not yet built [9/04]) Car shed for WR EMUs		[11/03] When built, this may be the largest EMU car shed in India with a provision for stabling 25 rakes and stretching from Virar to Nalla Sopara over 26 hectares. Update [9/04] -- it appears that this proposal is no longer being considered actively.
Pratapnagar	NG Diesel	ZDM-5	Does most of the POH / maintenance on its own locos, however sometimes locos are sent to Motibagh.
WR's EMUs are stabled at: Churchgate (7 rakes, 4 at platforms, 3 in stabling lines), Mumbai Central (8 in stabling lines), Bandra (7 in stabling lines), Andheri (13 in stabling lines), Kandivali (11 in EMU car shed), Borivali (11 in stabling lines), Virar (7 in stabling lines), and 11 reserve EMU rakes kept at various locations.

WR Workshops
Lower Parel	Periodic overhaul of BG coaches.
Mahalaxmi	Periodic overhaul of EMU, traction motor rebuilds. More recently, [4/00] EMU conversion to AC/DC. Used to house the air-conditioned EMU coaches? Only one coach with an AC section there now [9/04].
Ajmer	Loco workshop (MG diesel) and a carriage and wagon workshop (BG/MG).
Dahod	BG electric locomotive workshop; POH for WAM-4/WAG-5 locos. Formerly WR mechanical workshop and also a BG steam POH workshop.
Pratapnagar	Maintenance of BG and NG wagons/coaches, and BG oil tanker wagons.
Bhavnagar	MG passenger coach maintenance
Junagadh	MG wagon maintenance
Mumbai Central	Coaching depot
Kandivali	AC-DC EMU carshed

North Western Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Bhagat ki Kothi (for Jodhpur)	BG Diesel (was MG)	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDG-3A, had YDM-4's	Former MG shed converted to BG in the 1990s. Some WDM-2's are marked 'Jodhpur'. Said to have 130+ locos. [3/03]
Abu Road	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3D, WDG-3A	Formerly premier shed for YDM-4s (MG); converted to BG in the 1990s. Home to some of the most distinctly liveried locomotives. Recently [6/04] had some more WDM-2 locos transferred from Katni. Has had WDM-3D from March 2007.
Phulera	Diesel (MG)	YDM-4	For NWR/NR MG lines in Haryana / Rajasthan

NWR Workshops
Ajmer	Loco workshop (MG diesel) and a carriage and wagon workshop (BG/MG). BG C&W Workshop maintains the Palace on Wheels rake.

Central Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Kurla (for Mumbai)	Diesel	WDS-4, WDS-6 shunters	Had WDS-2 shunters earlier.
Kurla / LTT	DC, AC-DC trip shed		Located near Vidyavihar. Mainly serves trains from LTT.
Kalyan (for Mumbai)	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDS-6, WDG-3A	Locos usually marked 'KYN'. Mostly old WDM-2 (180XX), the second WDM-2 imported from ALCo. (18041) is here. Some WDM-2 locos relegated to shunting duties and marked 'WDS-2'.
Kalyan (for Mumbai)	Electric (AC, DC and AC-DC)	WCM-6, WCG-2, WCAM-3, WCAG-1, WAG-5	Locos usually marked 'KYN'. Kalyan had WCM-1, WCM-2, WCM-5 locos until the mid-1990s which have been decommissioned. POH facilities for WCAM-3 / WCAG-1 locos; WCAM-1 and WCAM-2 locos are sent to Parel for POH (perhaps also Vadodara?). WCAM-3 and WCAG-1 locos go to BHEL, Jhansi, for POH. WAG-5's added recently to handle banking duties on the Kasara-Igatpuri AC section. Home to the only surviving WCM-6.
CSTM (for Mumbai)	DC, AC-DC loco trip shed
Pune	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A, WDS-6	Locos usually marked with 'Pune' in Devanagari script. Homes only one DLW built WDM-3A, rest of the 3A fleet are rebuilts.
Pune	DC, AC-DC trip shed	WCG-2, WCAM-3, WCAG-1	WCM-1, WCM-2, WCM-5 locos until the mid-1990s, now these have been decommissioned. Performs light maintenance for WR WCAM-1/WCAM-2 locos in addition to the CR AC-DC locos.
Pune	Trip sheds (2)	One for WDS-4 shunters and another for Pune-Lonavla EMUs.
Bhusawal	Electric	WAM-4, WAP-4, WAG-5, WAG-7	Bhusawal used to be the largest steam shed (after WW 2). Had WAP-1 locos until recently, as well as the rare Mitsubishi WAG-2's. The WAP-1 locos here were not converted to WAP-4 locos as elsewhere; they were eventually transferred to Ghaziabad. Received WAP-4 locos in 2005 and WAG-7 in 2006. WAG-5 locos handle banking duties on some CR sections. Shed performs POH on other sheds' locos (NR, ER, WR, etc.). It also specializes in rebuilding fire-damaged locomotives. Facilities to perform POH for three-phase locos as well.
Igatpuri	Electric trip shed		Separate sheds for AC locos and AC/DC locos.
Ajni (for Nagpur)	Electric shed, diesel trip shed	WAG-7, WAG-9	[11/03] Up to 15 WAG-9 transferred from Gomoh. [9/04] Shed got three new WAG-9s. [5/07] Now holds more than 30 locos of this class. [6/02] Had some WAM-4, WAG-5, which appear to have been transferred elsewhere (possibly Bhusawal). Some of the WAG-5 locos used to be marked 'Nagpur' earlier; all were later marked 'Ajni'. There is also a trip shed for WAM and WAG series locos here, as well as for visiting WDM-2's. Used to have a steam shed; electric shed opened on 1992-04-06. Carries out POH of some of its own locos.
Gwalior (Sheopur Kalan)	NG diesel	ZDM-5	Locos marked 'GWL'. Carries out POH of these locos.
Neral	NG Diesel and Steam	NDM-1 (2), NDM-6 (5), and one ex-DHR B-class steam loco	The DHR B class is being used for steam trials on the Neral-Matheran line [2002]. POH of locos done at Parel.
Manmad	Electric trip shed
Kurduwadi	NG diesel	ZDM-4	Barsi Light Rly. Carries out POH of ZDM-4 locos.
Murtazapur	NG diesel	ZDM-4 (#213), ZDM-5 (#515, #516)	Maintains locos for the famous 'Shankuntala' route. About 80km from Badnera on the Bhusawal - Nagpur line.
Sanpada	EMU carshed for Harbour Line
Kalwa (near Thane)	EMU carshed
Kurla	EMU carshed
Wadi Bunder	Decommissioned, was a DC loco trip shed	formerly WCG-1 locos
Lonavla	DC Trip shed	WCG-2 bankers

CR Workshops
Matunga	Periodic overhaul of BG coaches and EMUs. Also workshop facilities for major repairs to diesel locos; used by other zones too, even WR (many 'unusual' locos can be seen coming to Mumbai for this).
Kurla	Periodic overhaul of tank wagons.
Parel	Periodic overhaul of DC and AC/DC locos (from CR and WR), and WDM-2/WDS-4/WDS-6 diesel locos. They also have facilities to repair emergency equipment such as the 140-ton cranes. Many locos from other zones come here for high-end repairs. Neral-Matheran NDM-6 locos and some CR ZDM locos come here for POH. One of the really old loco workshops; earlier specialized in the 1.5kV DC locos of the Mumbai area.
Nagpur	Coach maintenance workshop
Ajni	Goods wagon repair facility
Bhusawal	Wagon repair workshop, also carries out POH on 3-phase locos and conversions of WAP-1 locos to WAP-4 from all over the northern and central parts of the country. One of the oldest loco workshops, from the steam days when Bhusawal had a large steam shed.

West Central Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Tughlakabad (for Delhi)	Electric	WAG-5, WAG-7	This shed is a WCR shed on NR territory! It belongs to the Kota division. This was a WR shed until 2003. The shed was originally built to handle locos for the freight traffic on the busy New Delhi - Bombay route. Used to have WAM-4 units. Locos used for hauling the priority Container Rajdhanis (ConRajs) between Delhi & Mumbai. Close to large marshalling yard and inland container depot.
Itarsi	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3C, WDS-6	Was in CR until 2003. Shed serves routes all across central India, with locomotives going all the way to Bangalore with the Karnataka Express.
Itarsi	Electric	WAM-4 variants, WAG-5, WAG-5HA, etc.	This shed came up in the 1980s. Was in CR until 2003. Some WAM-4 locos transferred here from vadodara [11/04]. Its WAG-5 locos perform banking duties on the Budni - Barkhera ghat section. Several WAG-5s transferred from here to Valsad and Vadodara [9/04]
Katni	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDG-3A, WDG-3C	This is located at New Katni Jn., but the diesel locos always carry the marking that says simply 'Katni' (in Devanagari) or 'KTE'. This is one of IR's biggest diesel sheds. 214+ locos [3/03]. This is a separate shed about 3km from the Katni electric shed (below). It is on the Itarsi-Allahabad line. The shed used to be in CR until 2003. [6/02] WDG-3C 'Cheetah' is (probably) the first of its class.
New Katni Jn.	Electric	WAG-5, WAG-7	Located at New Katni Jn. The shed used to be in CR until 2003. Had WAM-4/WAM-4P until the early 1990s or so. Electric locos are marked 'NKJ' (for New Katni Jn.) in contrast to the diesels (above) that say just 'Katni'. The shed is about 3km east of the diesel shed, near the junction of track going to Singrauli and Bilaspur. It has a large marshalling yard attached.

WCR Workshops
Kota	BG wagon repair workshop

South East Central Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Bhilai	Electric	WAM-4, WAG-5, WAG-7	Shed used to be in SER until 2003. Some WAM-4's ex-Tatanagar. Bhilai also has an MEMU carshed. Known for its distinct liveries, the shed also has elaborate suffixes for its WAM-4 locos e.g. WAM-4P-6D-HS+ABC!
Raipur (for Nagpur)	Diesel (BG, NG?)	WDM-2, WDS-6, WDM-3A, WDG-3A, NG locos?	Shed used to be in SER until 2003. WDS-6 in dark blue / red livery, not standard shunter colours. [2/05] All locos now painted in red-cream livery. WDM-3A and WDG-3A from about [11/04]. There is thought to be a separate facility for NG locos with perhaps a small loco allotment.
Motibagh (for Nagpur)	NG Diesel	ZDM-2, ZDM-3, ZDM-4A	Has an NG yard. Refuelling facilities for BG diesel locos. A steam shed here was recently [2001] demolished. However it does have [7/02] a working Bagnall steam locomotive used for special heritage runs. Carries out POH/maintenance for its own locos and also for other NG sheds. Was in SER until 2003.

SECR Workshops
Motibagh	A very important NG/BG workshop. It performs POH on NG coaches and locomotives from all over central and south-eastern India. More in the workshops section.

Southern Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Erode	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D, WDG-3A	Also had WDM-7 locos, now at Tondiarpet. [6/02] A WDG-3A here has an air-conditioned cab. Erode Electric shed came up in the late 1990s. [1/05] WDM-3D locos added to the shed. Had 27 WDM-2C (WDM-3A) locos; of which 16 WDM-3A locos transferred to Ernakulam [3-5/05].
Erode	Electric	WAG-5, WAG-7, WAP-4	Erode Electric shed came up in the late 1990s. WAP-4 locos transferred here in 2001 from Arakkonam. Now home to the second largest fleet of WAP-4's on IR, the shed handles some of the longest routes for electric trains in the country.
Ernakulam (for Ernakulam, Kochi, etc.)	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A,WDS-6	All WDM2 locos fitted with Anti Collision Device (ACD). Southernmost loco shed. Originally the only shed to have WDM-7 locos (now transferred to Tondiarpet). Has received 16+ WDM-3A locos from Erode.
Arakkonam (for Chennai)	Electric	WAP-4, WAM-4, WAG-5 variants	This electric shed came up in the 1980s, but Arakkonam had a big steam shed earlier. This shed had 5 WAP-1 locos until 2002, were transferred to Ghaziabad. It later got WAP-4 locos -- the entire SR fleet -- which were then moved to Erode/Lallaguda. New WAG-7 locos were acquired [7/03] but later transferred to Erode by 2006. Started receving new WAP-4's [12/04]. 6 WAP-1 locos from Ghaziabad were transferred in late 2006.
Basin Bridge (for Chennai)	Electric trip shed
Egmore (for Chennai)	Electric/Diesel trip shed		This was an important MG shed with several YDM-2's stabled here, but now the lines out of it are BG, and the shed stands demolished.
Tondiarpet (for Chennai)	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-7, WDS-4B, WDS-6,	WDM-7 locos were transferred here from Ernakulam and serve the Chengelpet-Arakkonam passenger trains [4/04]. [6/07] Some WDM-2's from Erode have been transfered here. Also refuelling point for WDM-2's and WDP-2's coming to Egmore.
Tondiarpet	Electric trip shed		[2/04] Recently created to lessen load on Basin Bridge. Also serves as crew change point for freights.
Tambaram (for Chennai)	Electric (EMU) and Diesel trip shed		MG EMU's and the MG mainline electric loco YAM-1 used to be maintained here. Still [12/04] has the remaining YAM-1 locos which are used only occasionally for departmental work. [6/07] The YAM-1's appeared to have been scrapped.
Jolarpettai	Electric trip shed
Coonoor	Steam	'X' class locos	Nilgiri Mountain Railway
Golden Rock (for Thiruchirapalli)	Diesel BG and MG	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDP-3A, WDG-3A, YDM-2, YDM-4	The YDM-2's used to serve Arakkonam in MG days. One YDM-4 loco retrofitted to run on bio-diesel. Recently [05/06] home to WDG-3A locomotives.

SR Workshops
Golden Rock near Thiruchirapalli	IR's premier diesel loco restoration and rebuilding workshop; also undertakes the POH of diesels from all over the south. Currently [3/05] it handles both BG and MG, but the MG repair facilities (which have been here for a century!) will likely soon be shifted to Tiruvarur as gauge conversion leaves Tiruchy entirely on BG. Another facility may also come up at Pollachi.
Carriage and Wagon Workshops, Perambur (Aynavaram), Chennai	BG coaches and wagons
Locomotive Workshops, Perambur (Chennai)	This was the premier BG steam loco repair shop in the south; now it deals with repair and maintenance / POH of electric locos from all over the south. SR, SCR, SER, and other zones' locos are often repaired here and sent for POH; sometimes locos from even farther afield such as from Tughlakabad can be seen being worked on. KR's DMU sets also come here for their POH.
Aynavaram Locomotive Workshops (Chennai)	POH, recabling, dual brake conversion, etc.
Mysore Central Workshops, Ashokapuram	BG coaches, railcars
Avadi	BG EMU maintenance shed
Arakkonam	Engineering workshops
Villivakkam	EMU carshed for Chennai
Chennai Central	Carriage maintenance works

South Central Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Gooty	Diesel	WDG-3A, WDG-3B, WDM-3A, WDM-3D	One of the largest sheds. Has the new WDG-3A loco, Garuda #14951, with microprocessor governor. Most WDM-2 locos were rebuilt as WDM-3A's and later transferred to Guntakal. All locos fitted with Auto Emergency brakes for service on Braganza Ghats in Goa. Also handles routine maintenance on WDG-4 locos. Received WDM-3D locos in 8/06. Gooty used to be a BG steam shed.
Guntakal	Diesel, BG and a few MG	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3C, WDM-3D, YDM-4A	Serves passenger traffic on Mumbai - Renigunta sector and freight towards Bangalore. WDM-2 units are older ones, mostly old 17xxx/18xxx series. Has ex-Gooty WDM-2 and rebuilt WDM-3As [4/02] and WDM-3C [10/04]. Former MG shed; BG shed was inaugurated in 1995 after gauge conversion of the Guntakal and Hubli divisions. Remaining MG locos serve the Dharmavaram - Pakala and Gadag - Bagalkot line.
Lallaguda (for Secunderabad/Hyderabad)	Electric	WAP-4, WAG-5(HA), WAG-7, WAG-9	Built on the site of the former steam shed and inaugurated in Sep 05. Some WAP-4 are ex-Arakkonam. Had 15+ WAM-4 locos until about 2002 which then moved to Vijayawada. Lallaguda was home to SCR's entire fleet of WAG-7s before the commissioning of the Kazipet shed. Interestingly, Lallaguda WAG-5 locos are actually CLW-built WAG-5HA locos, but Lallaguda is the only shed that doesn't show that classification code on the locos. Received new WAG-9 locos in 04/07.
Sanatnagar (for Hyderabad)	Diesel and Electric trip sheds		A diesel refuelling point (with Indian Oil bulk terminal near it).
Kazipet	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-2A, WDM-2B WDG-3A	Had 27 WDM-2C locos (the 'original' models of this class); [4/02] moved to Gooty and Vishakhapatnam. [3/04] 40+ WDG-3A locos moved from Gooty to service SNF-RC sector. Had WDP-1 locos, transferred to Vijayawada. This shed may have handled YDM locos in MG days; unclear.
Kazipet	Electric	WAG-7	Inaugurated in 2006, it received all but seven WAG-7 locos based at Lallaguda. Has received new units as well.
Vijayawada	Electric and Diesel	WAG-5, WAM-4, WDS-4, WDP-1, WDM-2 (shunting only), and DHMUs and DEMUs (20+)	WDS-4 units were to be decommissioned and/or scrapped by late 2001. However 6 WDS-4s were transferred to Kurla (CR) [8/04]. Old WDM-2 (18xxx series) in KZJ livery used for shunting duties [6/02]. 15 or so WAM-4 are ex-Lallaguda. Many WAG-5 locos used for passenger operations including the modified #23989 'Krishnaveni'. WDP-1 locos transferred from Kazipet. The electric shed here was inaugurated in April 1980 with a capacity to maintain 100 locos. Many Vijaywada WAG-5 locos are refitted for passenger operations only.
Renigunta	Diesel shed, Electric trip shed
Maula Ali (for Secunderabad)	Diesel & EMU car shed	WDM-2, WDS-4, DHMUs (3-car & 6-car) (9) and EMU's	Former MG shed; converted to BG in the late 1990s, completely converted to BG in 2003. YDM-2 and YDM-4 transferred to WR/NWR sheds. 16 WDS-4 seen here [6/02]. WDM-2 locos: 10 old units (182xx series from GY/GTL/KZJ) were 2001 assigned in for shunting duties, out of which 6 have been decommissioned. Later, more WDM-2 locos were transferred from other sheds for mainline duties on the northern Hyderabad & Nanded division routes. Electric shed caters for suburban EMU service. [2/04 - 3/04]
Hyderabad	Electric trip shed

SCR Workshops
South Lallaguda	Coaches and wagons
Rayanapadu	Wagons
Tirupati	Coaches
ROH depots for wagon maintenance at Gooty, Vijayawada, Ramagundam, Sanatnagar, Raichur and Bellempally
Coaching maintenance depots at Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Kacheguda, Nanded, Vijayawada, Tirupati

South Western Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Hubli	Diesel	WDG-4 (100+), WDP-4 (23+)	Initially received all the new EMD locos. Transferred some WDP-4s to KJM in 2005 and later WDP-4 and WDG-4 to the newly Siliguri Jn in 03/07.
Krishnarajapuram (for Bangalore)	Diesel	WDS-4, WDS-6, WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDP-4, WDG-3A, WDG-3B	Shed opened in 1983, holding 9 locos, after construction began in 1980. Initial holding capacity was 60 locos; in 1990 this was improved by providing covered shed facilities for holding all 60 locos. Capacity raised to 65 locos in 1993, and to 125 locos in 2003; eventually the shed is to hold 150+ locos. Currently [1/05] it holds about 98 locos. New facilities have been created to accomodate WDP-4 locos. [3/05] WDP-4 locos (starting with #20023) have been homed here. First 5 WDM-3D units homed here; these were later transferred to Erode. Was in SR until 2003. Performs some routine maintenance such as wheel spinning / alignment for Hubli WDP-4 / WDG-4 locos.
Bangalore City	Diesel, Electric Trip shed	WDS-4	Electric Trip shed. Was in SR until 2003.
Bangalore Cantonment	Diesel	WDS-6 (#36023, #36024), WDS-4	Was in SR until 2003.

SWR Workshops
Hubli	Coaches, ROH depot for wagon maintenance, coaching maintenance depot.

East Coast Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Vishakhapatnam (Waltair)	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDG-3A, WDS-6	One of IR's largest sheds it used to be on SER until 2003. There was a shed at Simhagiri which shut down and the new diesel shed at Waltair took over. Rarely, diesel locos can (could) be seen with Simhagiri markings [2001].
Vishakhapatnam (Waltair)	Electric	Electric shed: WAG-5 (100+), WAG-6A/6B/6C (12?)	This shed used to be on SER until 2003. Most electrics from here work on the Kirandul-Kottavalasa heavy mineral freight line and are rarely seen elsewhere. The shed does not have any locos for passenger operations [3/03]. The WAG-5 locos are quite old, converted from the original 211XX series of WAM-4B locos. [1/04] The WAG-6 classes are now back in service after being idle for want of spares and maintenance. Carries out POH for WAG-6A/6B/6C locos; others are sent to other sheds, such as Kanchrapara.
Angul	Diesel, Electric	WAG-5	Started life on paper as a diesel shed but soon converted to an electric shed. Received locos even when the shed building was not complete. Received WAM-4 and WAG-5 locos from other sheds (notably from GZB). After a short while, all WAM-4 were transferred to VSKP. Currently (1/07) retains only 20 WAG-5.

Northern Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Ghaziabad (for Delhi)	Electric	WAM-4, WAP-1, WAP-4, WAP-5, WAP-7,	This shed was originally built to cater to passenger traffic in the Delhi area. The first two WAP-1's (#22001, #22002) were still homed here in 2002. Still has other WAP-1 locos, including the beautifully decorated #22021 'Babasaheb'. The first WAP-7 (#30201) may have been here for some time, but has for some time now [6/02] been homed at Gomoh. Only shed with WAP-5 locos; among them, the first indigenous ones, #30011-30014, are here. Used to have WAP-3 locos, including the first #22005, which had been been converted back to a WAP-1. [3/05] Received three new WAP-4 locos. WAP-7 #30205 onwards are also homed here [2/04]. All WAG-5/5HG locos now moved to Ludhiana and elsewhere. All WAM-4's except 3 have been transfered to other places.
Tughlakabad (for Delhi)	BG Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3C, WDM-3D, WDP-1, WDP-3A	Large shed homing more than 150 locos. One of only sheds on IR to home the WDP-1 and WDP-3A locos. Locos also serve the prestigious Palace on Wheels train. [6/07] WDM-3D's being added to the roster.
Shakurbasti (for Delhi)	Diesel	WDS-4A/4B/4D (92), some DEMUs	Also a BG/MG trip shed for WDM-2, WDG-3A & YDM-4 locos. WDS-4A/4B/4C/4D shunting locos are sent here for annual / semi-annual maintenance. Railbuses and DEMUs have minor maintenance carried out here. [1/05] Also home to the country's first CNG run DMU which was converted in-house from diesel. The first WDS-4A ('Indraprastha', #19057) is homed here [10/05] but is due to be decommissioned soon and sent to the NRM for preservation. This shed had some (16) WDM-2 locos for a brief period, about 6 months or so, before they were sent on to Tughlakabad, Ludhiana, and Bhagat-ki-Kothi sheds.
Ludhiana	Diesel	WDM-2, WDG-3A	A large shed: 175+ locos [3/03]. Locos serve a large swathe of Northern and North-western India.
Ludhiana	Electric	WAM-4, WAG-5, WAG-7	Commisioned in 2001 when some GZB WAG-5's transferred here (some still [9/04] have traces of the old Ghaziabad livery). Newer WAG-7s since 2003 with some locos transferred from Kanpur. Also has 4 WAM-4 locos.
Lucknow	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D	'Alambag Diesel Shed'. 129 locos including the first 3300hp WDM-3A rebuilt by DMW Patiala (earlier DCW). Locos seen in blue-grey livery with the words 'Prabal' written in Devnagari script on the side.
Mughalsarai	Diesel	Decommissioned. Had WDM-4 locos (was at the time the only shed to have these).	This shed was an NR shed on ER territory! This was just adjacent to the (still existing) ECR (formerly ER) diesel shed. It lost the role it had earlier as the WDM-4's were phased out, and more recently [2001] was decommissioned.
Ambala	Diesel	WDS-4	Shunters have minor maintenance carried out here but are sent to Shakurbasti for major maintenance or repairs.
Pathankot	NG Diesel, also BG trip shed. WDS-4A/4B shunters are kept here for long periods.	ZDM-3, ZDM-4/A	Northernmost shed. WDS-4A, belong to Shakurbasti, but kept here for long periods. Received some ZDM-4 locos in 2007, possibly from CR/WR.
Chakki Bank (for Pathankot)	Was a steam shed, now diesel. [5/04] Steam shed now decomissioned.
Kalka	NG diesel	ZDM-3, ZDM-5	Carries out POH of these NG NR locos.
Rewari	Steam	WP, YP, YG, AWD	[3/02] The Rewari steam shed has been restored and houses BG and MG steam locos.
New Delhi	Trip shed		Caters to visiting electric and diesel locomotives with maintenance for both

NR Workshops
Charbagh	Locomotive workshops. Performs POH and other maintenance on many locos from NR, WCR, etc.
Jagadhari	Carriage and Wagon workshop, Bridge workshop
Amritsar	POH of WDS-4 and breakdown cranes, bogie manufacture

North Central Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Kanpur Central	Electric	WAP-4, WAG-7	Shed used to be in NR until 2003. Had some older WAP models earlier. Also had WAG-4 until recently [1/04].
Jhansi	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3B	Shed used to be in CR until 2003. Received the WDM-3B class mid 2006.
Jhansi	Electric	WAP-4, WAG-5HA / WAG5HB, WAG-7	130+ locos [1/07]. Shed used to be in CR until 2003. Home to IR's entire WAG-5HB fleet, since these were manufactured by BHEL, and BHEL's Jhansi unit maintains the WAG-5HB locos. First shed to receive WAP-4 locos before some were transferred to Lallaguda & Arrakonam.
Agra	Diesel	WDS-4

NCR Workshops
Allahabad	Engineering workshops

North Eastern Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Gonda	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM3B, WDM-3D	Has one WDM-1 (not working). Locos seldom seen far from shed; sometimes at Allahabad and at Delhi. The last WDM-2 made by DLW (#16887) is homed here. Received WDM-3B class in late 2006 and WDM-3D in early 2007.
Izzatnagar (for Bareilly)	MG Diesel	YDM-4 and some other YDM series locos	For NER trains, and WR trains on Agra-Bandikui section
Mau	Diesel, pehaps only a trip shed	WDM-2/2B	On the south side of river Ghagra, Shahganj-Azamgarh-Mau section. [1/04] Does this shed still exist?
Gorakhpur, Barauni			Although some reports suggest there were sheds or at least some loco facilities at these places, it appears that now [1/04] there are no sheds at all here.

NER Workshops
Gorakhpur
Bareilly City	Rake maintenance

Northeast Frontier Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Malda Town	Diesel	WDM-2	This shed is an NFR shed on ER territory!!
New Guwahati (NGC)	Diesel	WDS-6, WDG-3A, WDM-2, WDM-3A	BG holdings started with a few WDS-6 shunters in the early 1990s. Used to be an MG shed for YDM-4 locos; those were transferred to Lumding. The shed is located within the Guwahati Goods Yard, about 5km east of Guwahati (GHY) station towards Lumding. Easternmost BG shed. Locos fitted Anti-Collision Device(ACD).
Lumding	MG Diesel	YDM-4	When the MG line from Guwahati to Lumding / Tinsukia / Dibrugarh was converted to BG, the Lumding - Badarpur (and beyond) section became isolated and at the same time the MG diesel shed at NGC was closed, with the locos from there transferred here. Easternmost shed of IR.
Badarpur	MG Diesel trip shed	YDM-4	Trip shed only. Locos home at Lumding.
Siliguri	Diesel	YDM-4, WDP-4, WDG-4	BG shed inaugurated in 3/07 with WDP-4 and WDG-4 locos transferred from Hubli. Also homes the famous WDP-4 #20012, ‘Baaz’.
Rangapara North	MG Diesel	YDM-4	Not known if this is a full-fledged shed and how many locos it holds.

Eastern Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Howrah	Diesel	WDM-2/2A/2B, WDS-6
Howrah	Electric (commissioned [12/01])	WAP-4 (60+)	Had 18 or so WAP-1 locos that have been converted to WAP-4 models. Also electric trip shed for Asansol, Mughalsarai, Gomoh locos (WAP-5, WAP-7). [9/04] One of the largest WAP-4 sheds in IR with 60+ locos of the class stabled here, including 2 locos converted from WAP-6 class.
Bamangachi (for Howrah)	Diesel	WDM-2, WDS-4	Locos are marked 'HWH'. Also an EMU car shed here. One WDS-4 unit fitted with vacuum equipment for station apron cleaning.
Belaghata (for Sealdah)	Diesel
Andal	Diesel	WDS-6, WDM-2, 1 WDM-2D, WDG-3A	Has the first WDM-2 manufactured by DLW, No. 18233
Burdwan	Diesel	WDG-3A, WDM-6 (2), WDM-2/2D	The only two WDM-6 units ever built are here. Burdwan also has parking slots for EMUs
Jamalpur	Diesel	WDM-2, WDS-6	Has a large workshop, one of the oldest; BG diesels from many parts are sent here for POH.
Asansol	Electric	WAG-5, WAP-6	This shed used to have the WAM-1/2/3/4, WAG-3/4, and WAP-4 locos. It also had the only (?) 4 WAP-2 locos, and the only WAM-3 locos: #20333, #20337. Only shed to home the WAP-6 class. Some WAP-6 converted and sent to Howrah. This is the oldest electric shed of IR.
Liluah (for Howrah?)	Diesel
Sealdah	Diesel		Not a separate loco shed but shared space in the passenger coach shed.
Narkeldanga ('NKG', for Sealdah)	Electric trip shed		Used to have some WAM-1, WAM-2 locos. This is not a separate loco shed but an EMU carshed now used to stable some locos and for loco maintenance.
Gholsapur (Majerhat)	EMU car shed
Barasat	EMU car shed
Bandel	EMU car shed
Howrah	EMU car shed
Sealdah	EMU car shed		This is the EMU car shed at Narkeldanga Canal, which also houses some locomotives.
Sonarpur	EMU car shed
Tindharia	Steam	'B' class tanks, etc.	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. All POH and maintenance for the DHR 'B' class locos happens here.

ER Workshops
Mughalsarai	IR's largest wagon repair workshop.
Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops	Established in 1862, Jamalpur was assembling locos very early, and began manufacturing locos from scratch by 1899.
Liluah Carriage & Wagon Workshops
Kanchrapara	POH on BG AC locos from all over the east (Howrah, Santragachhi, Mughalsarai, Asansol, Gomoh), including the WAG-7 locos. One of the oldest loco workshops; originally was the site for 3kV DC electric locos of the Calcutta area.
Bamangachi	Rake maintenance
Tikiapara	Rake maintenance

East Central Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Mughalsarai	Diesel	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDS-5	There was also an NR diesel shed at Mughalsarai just adjacent to this one which was decommissioned 200. One of the only two sheds to home the rare WDS-5 shunter class.
Mughalsarai	Electric	WAM-4, WAP-4, WAG-7 (70+)	First shed to get the WAG-7. WAP-1 locos from here were transferred to GZB. Holds some units converted from WAP-1 to WAP-4 (e.g. #22064) many WAP-4 locos were also transferred to Howrah. Holds 5 WAG-5A locos as well (2/07)
Gomoh	Electric	WAG-7, WAG-9, WAP-7 (6)	Had WAG-5A locos (1990s?). Was in ER until 2003. Some WAG9 units transferred to Ajni. WAP-7 locos serve the prestigious Howrah Rajdhani link.
Patratu (for Adra/Purulia/Gomoh)	Diesel	WDM-2/2B, WDM-3A	On the Katni-Chopan line, Central Indian Coalfields (CIC) section, Dhanbad division, Jharkhand (near Barkakana and Gomoh). Was in ER until 2003. Locos are very rarely seen further afield - e.g., #18606 was spotted [12/06] at Pune.
Samastipur	Diesel (BG, MG?)	WDM-2	Former MG shed converted to BG in the 1990s. Locos rarely seen far afield; observed sometimes at Allahabad, very rarely at Delhi. [3/03] Scheduled to be decommissioned. Used to be in NER until 2003. Not clear if there are any MG locos left here [4/05].

ECR Workshops
Harnaut (near Patna)	A new railway coach maintenance workshop is under construction here [6/03], which will have the capacity to repair and refurbish 500 coaches or more every year.

South Eastern Railway
Shed	Type	Loco / MU's	Comments
Kharagpur	Diesel, + EMU car shed (planned)	WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3B	With the electrification of the SER tracks upto VSKP, locos mainly serve routes south west and north west of KGP and freight.
Bondamunda (for Rourkela)	Diesel and Electric	WDM-2, WDM-3D, WDS-5, WAG-5, WAG-7, etc.	Had a few of the WDM-1 class, now withdrawn. Also home to the rare WDS-5 class of shunters. WDM-3D's inducted in early 2007.
Tatanagar (for Jamshedpur)	Electric	WAM-4, WAP-4, WAG-5, WAG-7	Holds SER’s entire fleet of WAM-4 locos. The shed once had WAP-4 locos: #22253, #22254, the first of the class with SER were here in Jan. 1999 when the Super Deluxe Exp. was inaugurated. These were later transferred to Santragachhi. Received WAG-7 locos in 2002. [6/07] A few (2?) WAP-4's seem to have been transfered from Santragacchi.
Santragacchi (for Kharagpur)	Electric	Some WAP-4 (30+)	Came up in 1999. Used to have WAM-4s until recently (2002?). Also outstation / trip shed for SER electrics near Howrah, and for Kharagpur locos
Nimpura (for Kharagpur)	Electric
Dongargarh (for Nagpur)	BG diesel, now decommissioned		Was in use until a few years ago (late '90s). All SER diesels for Nagpur are now from Raipur shed. Would have been in SECR territory.
Bokaro Steel City	Diesel	WDM-2	Also large yard for Bokaro Steel Plant. Loco spotted in a distinctive green/red livery.
Tikiapara (for Howrah)	EMU carshed
Paskura	EMU carshed
Kharagpur	EMU carshed

SER Workshops
Kharagpur Loco and C&W Workshop	Locomotive, carriage, and wagon overhaul. More in the workshops section.
Santragachhi	Rake maintenance

Konkan Railway
Shed	Type	Comments
Panvel	Diesel [decommissioned]	Was in use for Panvel, Roha, Pen, Uran, JNPT traffic earlier
Verna	Diesel [planned but later 'cancelled'; construction was never completed]
KR currently does not have locos or sheds of its own. It uses locos from Ernakulam (WDM-2), Golden Rock(WDM-2), and Erode (WDM-2, WDM-2C) [SR]; Pune and Kalyan [CR]; and Gooty (WDG-2) [SCR]. There is currently only diesel traction on this railway.

KR Workshops
Verna C&W Workshop	Workshop for carriage maintenance at a site close to the still-born loco shed site.
Madgaon	Rake maintenance

Marshalling Yards

Q. Where are the important marshalling and stabling yards?

Q. Where are the important goods sheds?

The material on yards has been moved: please see the section on marshalling yards, CONCOR depots, etc..

Shed Trivia

The distribution of sheds seen on the map is not all that uniform and reflects the greater need for locomotives in some areas compared to others. The Howrah-Dhanbad-Gomoh corridor is especially dense, having six sheds within a stretch of about 289km (Howrah, Bardhhaman, Andal, Asansol, and Gomoh). This is not surprising as the section caters to a lot of freight traffic including the heavy ore rakes from this mineral-rich area.

Guntakal and Gooty are an odd pair of sheds, being amazingly close -- just 26km or so apart!