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Diesel Loco Shed, Ratlam
Location
Ratlam-based WDM-3A hauling the Ajmer-Hyderabad Urs special train
Location within Madhya Pradesh
Location	Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	23°20′27″N 75°03′04″E / 23.340758°N 75.050992°E / 23.340758; 75.050992
Characteristics
Owner	Indian Railways
Operator	Western Railway
Depot code	RTM
Type	Engine shed
Rolling stock	WDG-3A, WDM-3D, WDS-6, WAP-4, WAG-5, WAG-7
History
Opened	1 May 1967; 59 years ago (1967-05-01)

Diesel Loco Shed, Ratlam is an engine shed located in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh in India. It is located north-east of Ratlam Junction falling under Ratlam railway division. The shed caters to the needs of freight as well as passenger trains. One of the three loco sheds in the Western Railway zone, this is the largest among them followed by Vatva, and Sabarmati.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

It was established on 1 May 1967 with capacity holding of 15 locomotives, but currently, it holds around 177 locomotives, WDM-2A, WDM-3A, Inferior Service WDM-2A and WDS-6 class. It received its first locomotive, a WDM-2, from New Katni Junction.^{[citation needed]}

Livery and markings

Ratlam DLS has its own logo and stencils. It is written on loco's body side as well as front & back side.

Locomotives

Serial No.	Locomotive Class	Horsepower	Quantity
1.	WDM-3D	3300	11
2.	WDG-3A	3100	31
3.	WDS-6	1400	3
4.	WAP-4	5350	10
5.	WAG-5	3850	75
6.	WAG-7	5350	68
Total Locomotives active as of August 2026^[5]^[6]			198

References

↑ "Sheds and Workshops". irfca.org. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
↑ Sheeju Chandran. "Interactive Diagram of the WDM-2 Locomotive". Indian Railways Fan Club. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ "Brief History of Diesel Loco Shed, Ratlam" (PDF). Western Railways zone. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
↑ "Diesel Loco Shed, Ratlam" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
↑ "Mechanical Engineering - Traction Circulars". Indian Railways. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
↑ "Electric Loco Holding & Availability Targets". elocos.railnet.gov.in. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

External links

Locomotive sheds of India

Railway
depots

Diesel loco	Abu Road Alambagh Andal Bandra Bardhaman Bhagat Ki Kothi Bondamunda Coonoor Ernakulam Erode Gandhidham Golden Rock Gonda Gooty Guntakal Howrah Hubli Itarsi Izzatnagar Jamalpur Jhansi Kalka Kalyan Kazipet Kharagpur Krishnarajapuram Kurla Ludhiana Lumding Malda Town Maula Ali Mhow Motibagh Mughalsarai New Guwahati City New Katni Junction Patratu Pratapnagar Pune Raipur Ratlam Sabarmati Samastipur Shakurbasti Siliguri Tondiarpet Tughlakabad Vatva Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Electric loco	Ajni Angul Arakkonam Asansol Barauni Bhilai Bhusawal Bilaspur Bokaro Steel City Bondamunda Daund Erode Ghaziabad Gomoh Gorakhpur Guntakal Howrah Ispat Nagar Itarsi Jhansi Kalyan Kanpur Kazipet Khanalampura Lallaguda Ludhiana Mughalsarai Nagpur New Katni Junction Rourkela Royapuram Saharanpur Saiyedpur Bhitri Tatanagar Tughlakabad Vadodara Valsad Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Khurdha, Odisha
Steam loco	Coonoor Rewari

Category

v t e Railways in Western India
National network / trunk lines	New Delhi–Mumbai main line Konkan Railway Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Mumbai–Chennai line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line
Branch lines / sections	Mathura–Vadodara section Akola–Ratlam line Nagda–Ujjain section Ujjain–Bhopal section Ahmedabad–Viramgam section Bhusawal–Kalyan section Gandhidham–Ahmedabad main line Gandhidham–Bhuj section Gandhidham–Kandla Port section Gandhidham–Palanpur section Gandhidham–Samakhiali section Jodhpur–Bathinda line Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mumbai Dadar–Solapur section Nagpur–Bhusawal section Samakhiali–Maliya Miyana section Solapur–Guntakal section Surendranagar–Bhavnagar line Viramgam–Mahesana section Viramgam–Maliya Miyana section Viramgam–Okha line Dharangadhra–Surendra Nagar section Viramgam–Surendra Nagar section Wankaner–Surendra Nagar section Rajkot–Wankaner section Jamnagar–Porbandar line Porbandar–Jetalsar section Rajkot–Somnath line Palitana–Sihor section Bharuch–Dahej line Ankleshwar–Rajpipla section Anand–Khambhat line Vasad–Kathana line Kanjari Boriyavi–Vadtal line Anand–Godhra section Bilimora–Waghai section Udhna–Jalgaon line Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
Suburban lines	Ahmedabad (Planned) Mumbai (Western line Central line Harbour line Trans-Harbour line Port line) Pune
Metro rail	Mumbai Metro Navi Mumbai Metro Metro-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Greater Nashik Metro Surat Metro Pune Metro Nagpur Metro
Monorail	Mumbai
Defunct lines revived / under revival	Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway Barsi Light Railway
Defunct lines	Salsette–Trombay Railway Bhavnagar State Railway Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Cutch State Railway
Railway divisions	Bhusawal Pune
Railway companies	Central Railway Western Railway West Central Railway Konkan Railway Corporation Great Indian Peninsula Railway Saurashtra Railway Mumbai Port Trust Railway
See also	Indian Railways Ahmedabad–Prayagraj (Allahabad) Weekly Superfast Express Bholu (mascot) Urban rail transit in India Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor Bhor Ghat