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Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty is an engine shed located in Gooty, Andhra Pradesh in India. It falls under the jurisdiction of Guntakal railway division of South Central Railway zone.
History
It is one of the oldest loco sheds, started by the British, initially as B.G Steam Loco Shed, which later got converted to B.G Diesel Loco Shed, in 1963.
Operations
It is one of the largest loco shed handling more than 200 locos. It handles routine maintenance on WDG-4 locos. The shed earlier in 2016, was allotted with EMD 710 locomotives having higher power output of 5,500 hp (4.1 MW) - the WDG-5 (EMD GT50AC), equipped with the 20-cylinder version of the EMD 710 prime miver. 3 units 50003, 50004 and 50005 were allotted, but were homed only till December 2017, due to maintenance difficulties and were sent to Sabarmati (SBT) Shed of Western Railway (WR) to be homed with other locomotives of the same class. This shed has been recently in April 2023, allotted with New-Generation Greener General Electric (GE) Diesel Locos, based on the Evolution Series (GEvo) platform, like the 4,500 hp (3.4 MW) WDG-4G (GE ES43ACmi) and the 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) WDG-6G (GE ES57ACi), which have completely replaced the old-ageing ALCO DL560C diesel locomotive fleet of this shed, making it the 3rd Shed in the entire IR Network after Roza (ROZA) and Gandhidham (GIMB), and the First one in South India to home these locomotives.
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty
- Gooty
- South Central Railway zone
- South Coast Railway zone
- Indian locomotive class WDM-3
- Gooty Junction railway station
- Guntakal–Renigunta section
- Narasapur–Nagarsol Express (via Guntur)
- Indian locomotive class WDG-4G
- South Western Railway zone
