Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock
loco shed in Tamilnadu, India
Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock is an engine shed located in Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu in India. It is located north of Golden Rock railway station, falling under Tiruchirappalli railway division. It is the largest of the four locomotive sheds under the Southern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
History and developments
The foundation stone for the shed was laid on 25 December 1971 by the then Railway Minister, K. Hanumanthaiah. The shed opened for operations in 1975 with a total area of 169,000 square metres (170,000 m2) and covered area of 19,600 square metres (20,000 m2).
The shed initially homed 45 of the YDM-4 class metre-gauge locomotives. Three subsequent expansions were taken up which resulted in the holding capacity being increased to 100 metre gauge locomotives (1998), 40 broad-gauge locomotives (1993) and 100 broad gauge locomotives (2000).
Infrastructure
The shed was started as a metre-gauge shed. However, with expansion over time, the bays and catwalks were converted from metre gauge to broad-gauge standards to home broad-gauge locomotives. Later, the shed went for a major expansion of its bays at a cost of ₹14 crore (US$1.5 million) to undertake maintenance activity for the unconventionally longer high-speed fuel efficient 4,500-horsepower (3,400 kW) EMD 710 locos (WDG-4, WDP-4B, WDP-4D and WDG-4D), which are homed since July 2011, thus becoming the first-of-its-kind shed in South India to maintain such high powered locos, which were extensively utilised for both passenger and freight services.
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