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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Loco shed in Jharkhand, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox railway depot<br />
| name = Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City<br />
| image = File:BKSC WAG7.jpg<br />
| image_upright = 1.5<br />
| image_width = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| caption = BKSC based WAG-7 <br />
| location = [[Bokaro Steel City]], [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| coordinates ={{Coord|23.6568|86.0855|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railways]]<br />
| depotcode = BKSC<br />
| type = [[Engine shed]]<br />
| opened = {{Start date and age|2011|||df=y}}<br />
| closed = <br />
| original = <br />
| pregrouping = <br />
| postgrouping = <br />
| roads = 7<br />
| rollingstock = [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG 7]] <br> [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]]<br />
| former_rolling_stock = [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG 5]]<br />
| routes = <br />
| map_type = India Jharkhand<br />
| map_size = 250<br />
| embed = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Electric Loco Shed, Bokaro Steel City''' is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for electric locomotive of the [[Indian Railways]], located at [[Bokaro Steel City]] of the [[South Eastern Railway zone]] in [[Jharkhand]], [[India]].<br />
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==Operations==<br />
Being one of the four electric engine sheds in South Eastern Railway, various major and minor maintenance schedules of electric locomotives are carried out here. It has the sanctioned capacity of 100 engine units. Beyond the operating capacity, this shed houses a total of 110 engine units, including 66 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-7|WAG 7]] and 44 [[Indian locomotive class WAG-9|WAG-9]]. Like all locomotive sheds, BKSC does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives.<ref name="sheds">{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Locomotives==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!SN<br />
!Type of Loco<br />
!HP<br />
!Holding<br />
!Comments<br />
!Images<br />
|-<br />
|1.<br />
|WAG-7<br />
|5350<br />
|38<br />
|In service<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|2.<br />
|WAG-9<br />
|6122<br />
|109<br />
|In service<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="3" |'''Total Locomotives Active as of May 2022'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=e-Locos|url=http://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html}}</ref><br />
|147<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian Railways}}<br />
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[[Category:Electric railway depots in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bokaro Steel City]]<br />
[[Category:2011 establishments in Jharkhand]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in Jharkhand]]<br />
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