Diesel_Loco_Shed,_Mhow Knowpia

Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow
	Mhow based YDM-4 at Ratlam.
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Characteristics
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	Western Railway
Depot code	MHOW
Type	Engine shed
Rolling stock	YDM-4
Routes served	Akola–Ratlam line

Diesel Loco Shed, Mhow is a metre-gauge engine shed located in Mhow, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is located to south of Mhow railway station, it falls under the Ratlam railway division of Western Railway. It is the smallest of the three locomotive sheds in the Western Railway zone.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History edit

When Loco Shed started 40 YDM-4s were transferred from other MG sheds to restart Loco Shed as Mhow was a steam shed till the 1998 when the steam service was withdrawn at time shed has capacity to hold hundred steam locomotives. Locos now service the isolated MG section from Akola to Indore. Currently it is home 18 YDM-4 locomotives.^[4]^[5]