Electric Loco Shed, Valsad

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Electric Loco Shed, Valsad
Location
Location Valsad, Gujarat
Coordinates 20°36′36″N72°55′34″E / 20.610°N 72.926°E / 20.610; 72.926
Characteristics
Owner Indian Railways
Operator Western Railways
Depot codeBL
TypeElectric engine shed
Roads6
Rolling stock WAP-4
WAP-7
WAG-9
Routes served Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line
History
Opened1970;55 years ago (1970)
Former rolling stock WAM-4
WCAM-1
WCAM-2P
WAG-5
WAG-7

Electric Loco Shed, Valsad is an electric engine shed located in Valsad, in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is located to south of Valsad railway station, it falls under the Mumbai WR railway division of Western Railway. It is the largest of locomotive sheds in the Western Railway zone. [1] [2] [3]

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History

It was established in the 1970s specifically to home dual-power locos. It holds more than 50 WAG-5 class locomotives. Post AC conversion of Western Railway, few WAG-5, and all WCAM-2P fleet were transferred to Central Railway's Kalyan Loco Shed, and the WCAM-2Ps were later reclassified as WCAM-2. WCAM-1 were slowly condemned and later, all units of this class got scrapped by 2015. The shed received WAG-7 in 2013 but however, it transferred them to Ratlam Loco Shed in order to make space for the newer WAG-9 locomotives. The shed also received WAP-4 locomotives from Vadodara Loco Shed.

The shed houses over 100 electric locomotives. It was the only loco shed on Western Railway which had housed the AC/DC locomotives, like WCAM-1 and WCAM-2P and one of the only two in India; the other being Kalyan Loco Shed on Central Railway to house AC/DC dual powered electric locomotives. Recently many WAG-5/5As have been homed at Valsad which are pure AC locomotives.

Locomotives

Serial No.Locomotive ClassHorsepowerQuantity
1. WAP-4 535021
2. WAP-7 635045
3. WAG-9 6120157
Total locomotives active as of October 2025 [4] 223


Former Locomotives

Serial No.Locomotive ClassHorsepowerStatus
1. WAM-4 3640Withdrawn/Scrapped
2. WCAM-1 3640 (AC)

2350 (DC)

Withdrawn/Scrapped
3. WCAM-2P 4715 (AC)

2916 (DC)

Transferred to Kalyan
4. WAG-5 3850Withdrawn/Scrapped, Transferred to Ratlam
5. WAG-7 5000Transferred to Ratlam

See also

References

  1. ↑ WESTERN RAILWAY ELECTRIC LOCO SHED, (TRS) VALSAD
  2. ↑ Locomotive Sheds
  3. ↑ Electric Loco Shed, VALSAD
  4. ↑ "e-Locos".
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