Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty

15°07′16″N 77°38′02″E / 15.121°N 77.634°E / 15.121; 77.634CharacteristicsOwnerIndian RailwaysOperatorSouth Coast Railway zoneDepot codeGYTypeEngine shedRoads6Rolling stockWDG-4, WDP-4D, WAG-9 , WDG-4G, WDG-6GHistoryOpened5 December 1963; 60 years ago (1963-12-05)

Diesel Loco Shed, Gooty is an engine shed located in Gooty, Andhra Pradesh in India. It falls under the jurisdiction of Guntakal railway division of South Central Railway zone.

History

It is one of the oldest loco sheds, started by the british as a B.G Steam Loco Shed, later converted to B.G Diesel Loco Shed in 1963.^[1]

Operations

It is one of the largest loco shed handling more than 200 locos. It handles routine maintenance on WDG-4 locos.^[2] The shed earlier in 2016, was allotted with EMD 710 locomotives having higher power output of 5,500 hp (4.1 MW) - the WDG-5 (EMD GT50AC). 3 units 50003, 50004 and 50005 were allotted, but were homed only till December 2017, due to maintenance difficulties and were sent to Sabarmati (SBT) Shed of Western Railway (WR) to be homed with other WDG-5 locos. This shed has been recently in April 2023, allotted with New-Generation Greener General Electric (GE) Diesel Locos, like the 4,500 hp (3.4 MW) WDG-4G (GE ES43ACmi) and the 6,000 hp (4.5 MW) WDG-6G (GE ES57ACi), which have completely replaced the old-ageing ALCO DL560C diesel locomotive fleet of this shed, making it the 3rd Shed in the entire IR Network after Roza and Gandhidham and the First one in South India to home these locomotives.

Locomotives

SN	Locomotives	HP	Quantity
1.	WDG-4/4D	4000/4500	64
2.	WDP-4/4B/4D		46
3.	WAG-9	6120	90
4.	WDG-4G	4500	34
5.	WDG-6G	6000	36
Total Locomotives Active as of March 2024[3][4]			270

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