Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara

Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara is an electric engine shed located in Vadodara, in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located to south of Vadodara railway station, it falls under the Vadodara railway division of Western Railway. It is the largest of locomotive sheds in the Western Railway zone. The shed is controlled by Sr. DEE TRS (Shri. Harikesh Meena) who is highest authority in the shed with a team of other three officers ( DEE TRS (Shri Anshul Bansal), AEE TRS 1 (Smt. Rajvinder kaur), AEE TRS 2 ( Smt. Sonu Agarwal).

Electric Loco Shed, Vadodara
Location
LocationVadodara, Gujarat
Coordinates22°18′39″N 73°10′51″E
Characteristics
Owner(s)Indian Railways
Operator(s)Western Railway zone
Depot code(s)BRC
TypeElectric Engine shed
Roads7
Rolling stockWAP 4
WAP 5
WAP 7
Routes servedAhmedabad–Mumbai main line
Mathura–Vadodara section
History
Opened1970 (1970)
Former rolling stockWAM 4
WAG 5
WAG 9

History

It was established in the 1970s specifically to home dual-power locos. It holds more than 50 WAG 5 class locomotives.

It was an AC electric trip shed to house locos coming from other sheds and an AC/DC dual loco trip shed which houses WCAM class locomotives from Valsad shed and which allows locomotive changes at Vadodara because the trains which were coming from New Delhi mainline are AC Locomotives and the trains going to Mumbai need AC/DC Loco.

Post AC conversion of Western Railway, WCAM 1 & WCAM 2/2P fleet transferred to Central Railway's Kalyan Loco Shed. WCAM 1 was gradually condemned and are out if service totally.

Livery & Markings

BRC WAP-5 has two brand advertisement, one is Amul Milk and second is Fortune Edible Oils. It is painted on loco's body side.

Vadodara based Amul advertised WAP-5 locomotive

BRC loco shed has its own stencils. It is written in Hindi and English language on loco's front side, rear side and lower bodyside.

Locomotives
SNLocomotivesHPQuantityImage
1WAP 4505012
2WAP 55440/612066
3WAP 76122122
Total Locomotives Active as of Fabruary 2021[1]200

References
  1. "e-Locos".

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