Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam

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Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam
Location
Location Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates 17°43′45″N83°16′04″E / 17.7291667°N 83.2677778°E / 17.7291667; 83.2677778
Characteristics
Owner Indian Railways
Depot codeVSKP (D)
Type Motive power depot
Rolling stock WDG-3A
WDG-4/4D
WDS-6
WAG-9
History
Opened1 May 1965;58 years ago (1965-05-01)
Pre-grouping East Coast Railway zone
Post-grouping South Coast Railway zone

Diesel Loco Shed, Visakhapatnam is an engine shed located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in India. Diesel Locomotive Shed, Visakhapatnam (DLS/VSKP) was established on 1 May 1965 with a holding of 13 WDM 1 Locomotives to meet the traffic needs in transportation of mainly Iron Ore from Bailadilla Mines to Visakhapatnam Port trust. It is administered by the Waltair Railway division in the East Coast Railway zone.

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History

Since its establishment in 1965 [1] and the holding of the shed kept on increasing in capacity. [2]

Operations

It is the biggest Diesel Loco Shed in Indian Railways having a capacity to hold more than 300 locos, [3] and the largest in Asia based on that capacity. [4] It mainly provided Diesel locos to the unelectrified sections of ECoR and sections of SCoR.[ citation needed ]

Locomotives

SNLocomotiveHPQuantity
1. WDG-3A 310043
2. WDG-4/4D 4500121
3. WDS-6 14008
4. WAG-9 6120225
Total Locomotives Active as of December 2023 [5] [6] 397

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References

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  6. "e-locos". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.