Diesel Loco Shed, Pune
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | 18°31′45″N 73°53′41″E / 18.529304°N 73.894803°ECoordinates: 18°31′45″N 73°53′41″E / 18.529304°N 73.894803°E |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner(s) | Indian Railways |
| Operator(s) | Central Railway zone |
| Depot code(s) | PA |
| Type | Engine shed |
| Rolling stock | WDP-4D, WDM-2, WDM 3A, WDG4, WDG4D,WDG 3A, WDM 3D, WDM 2S(Now closed), and WDS 6(Now closed) |
| Routes served | |
| History | |
| Opened | 13 August 1981 |
Diesel Loco Shed, Pune is a engine shed located in Pune, Maharashtra in India. It is located east of Pune Junction, falling under Pune Railway Division. Of the three loco sheds in the Central Railway zone, this is the largest among them followed by Kurla and Kalyan.
It was on 13 August 1981, the then railway minister Kamalapati Tripathi inaugurated the loco shed.It was planned under WP 1978 – 79 to home 60 locos. The shed was further extended to home 100 locos under WP 1981 – 82. Now it holds around 135 locomotives of which 63 locos are operational with mail express links, (As per 2011) but now it holds almost 200 locomotives.(As per 2015)
Major and minor schedules of Diesel Locomotives are carried out in the shed. The shed is ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified. The shed is divided into Light Schedule Repair Section, Heavy Schedule Repair Section, Heavy Repair (Mechanical), Heavy Repair (Electrical), Bogie Section, Machine Shop and Training Centre. The shed is located near Ghorpuri railway station and entrance of the shed is between a railway crossing gate.
The total area covered by the Shed is 59, 825 Sq. m and the covered area is 11, 386 Sq. m. The total berthing capacity of the Shed is 22 Locos.
New technology inputs to loco
Important facilities available
This is utilized for maintaining wheel profile, without removing wheel sets from locomotives. This saves a lot of time and effort which otherwise would have gone into it.
This is helpful in doing predictive maintenance. By this machine, lube oil of locomotives is analysed for various metallic traces which would have come into lube oil due to wear and tear. Any metallic trace showing unusual concentration indicates to the distressed condition of related component.
The cooling water used in locos should have pH value within a specified range. This pH range is maintained with the help of DM water plant. The process used is ion exchange regeneration process.
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