Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai

Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai

Bhilai WAG-9H at Katihar goods yard.
Location within Chhattisgarh
Location
Location	Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
Coordinates	21°12′11″N 81°25′14″E / 21.2030°N 81.4206°E / 21.2030; 81.4206
Characteristics
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	South East Central Railways
Depot code	BIA
Type	Engine shed
Rolling stock	WAP-7 WAG-9 EF12K
History
Opened	24 January 1970; 54 years ago (1970-01-24)
Former rolling stock	WAM-4 WAG-5 WAG-7

Electric Loco Shed, Bhilai is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Bhilai of the South East Central Railway zone in Chhattisgarh, India.

New Electric locomotive shed was inaugurated in the 1980s with WAM-4 class. All the WAM-4s of this shed have been retired/withdrawn from service.

Being one of the two electric loco sheds in South East Central Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 175 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 299 engine units, including 55 WAP-7, 118 WAG-7 and 126 WAG-9. Like all locomotive sheds, BIA does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. BIA locomotives used to be predominantly the regular links for trains traveling to north and south as well.^[1]

Bhilai WAP-7 locomotive has Goel TMT, GK TMT, Jindal Panther TMT and Shourya TMT advertisements on loco's body side. Bhilai loco shed has its own stencils. It is written in Bold letters in both English and Hindi language.