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Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow

Coordinates: 22°19′30″N 75°27′41″E / 22.3251°N 75.4614°E / 22.3251; 75.4614
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Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow
Location
Location22°19′30″N 75°27′41″E / 22.3251°N 75.4614°E / 22.3251; 75.4614
Characteristics
OwnerIndian Railways
OperatorWestern Railway
Depot codeMHOW
TypeEngine shed
Rolling stockYDM-4
Routes servedAkola–Ratlam line

Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow is a metre-gauge engine shed located in Mhow, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is located to south of Mhow railway station, it falls under the Ratlam railway division of Western Railway. It is the smallest of the three locomotive sheds in the Western Railway zone.[1][2][3]

History

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When Loco Shed started 40 YDM-4s were transferred from other MG sheds to restart Loco Shed as Mhow was a steam shed till the 1998 when the steam service was withdrawn at time shed has capacity to hold hundred steam locomotives. Locos now service the isolated MG section from Akola to Indore. Currently it is home 18 YDM-4 locomotives.[4][5]

Trains

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Current

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Former

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Locomotive

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SN Locomotive HP Quantity
1 YDM-4 1400 7
Total locomotives active as of October 2023[6] 7

References

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  1. ^ Mhow Diesel Loco Shed
  2. ^ Sheds and Workshops
  3. ^ Steam Locomotive Sheds of the Past
  4. ^ Loco Shed
  5. ^ Wikimapia
  6. ^ "Railway Website Mechanical Department". Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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