Locomotive Sheds and Workshops
Photos from various sheds, workshops, trip sheds, etc.
Front view of the Abu Road diesel shed. On the left are the daily maintanence sheds, on the right are the periodic overhauling sheds.
Major repair shed. A WDM2 is stripped down in the foreground. In the background, a Shakti is raised by jacks and the bogies removed
View of the sheds. The sign on the pillars in hindi say 'Pakshik, Masik, Vimasik evam Ardhvarshik Nirikshan'. Masik would mean monthly, Ardhvarshik would be half yearly...any ideas what the others mean?
WDM2 16814 is in the process of getting a fresh coat of paint. Right now it is parked in the load testing shed.
Paihyya Kharad Yantra....meaning the wheel cutting plant. Loco wheels are cut here, rather the edges are cut for best grip on the rails.
The incinerator at the diesel shed. A lot of waste, even metals are fed in this. The by-product, 'carbon' is washed down with water to reduce pollution and collected in pits. Gaseous by-products escape thru the chimney into the atmosphere.
A WDM2 waits its turn for refuelling. In the meantime, it pollutes the atmosphere around with thick white smoke. In the foreground are solar panels used for heating water for the Distilled Mineral Water plant.
A bunch of electrics line up in the trip shed at Jhansi led by 22301 from Kanpur and 22013 from Ghaziabad.
All the 8 WDM 7's homed at Ernakulam has been transferred to TNP or GOC. All of them except this one have already left. This one was undergoing schedule and could not leave. A strange loco class indeed. All the bigger sheds refused them and finally Er
Short hood view of the last wicket 11010. The shed will miss thier WDM 7's badly. Hope the new masters will use them on better links than use as shunters
Ernakulam shed employees will always love thier WDM 7 loco DL 251 B Engines. Never will they get a chance to lay hand on one of them