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Diesel Loco Shed, Siliguri is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for diesel locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Siliguri Junction railway station (SGUJ) in Siliguri in the Indian stateofWest Bengal. It is one of the three diesel loco sheds of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone.
Siliguri based WDP-4 at New Guwahati City.
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  Location within West Bengal | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Siliguri, Darjeeling district, West Bengal |
| Coordinates | 26°43′24″N 88°24′50″E / 26.7234°N 88.4138°E / 26.7234; 88.4138 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner | Indian Railways |
| Operator | Northeast Frontier Railway zone |
| Depot code | SGUJ |
| Type | Locomotive shed |
| Roads | 6 |
| Rolling stock | WDP-4 WDG-4 WDP-4B WDP-4D WDG-4D WAP-7 WAG-9 |
| History | |
| Opened | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) |
Like all locomotive sheds, Siliguri does regular maintenance, overhaul and repair including painting and washing of locomotives. It not only attends to locomotives housed at Siliguri but also to ones coming in from other sheds as well. It has four pit lines for loco repair.
SGUJ has its own livery on WDP-4, it has navy blue, light yellow band and black.
SGUJ has its own stencils and Logo. It is written in both Hindi and English language in bold letters.
SGUJ DLS was renaming some EMD locos for promoting the culture & tourism of Northeast India which is proposed by NF Rail Enthusiasts group.
The WAG-9 of this shed are green with yellow band and locomotive number written on the band in dark blue/black colour.The name "Siliguri" is written on the locomotive body just below the band.
The WAP-7 of this shed are white with red band and locomotive number written on the band in black colour.The name "Siliguri" is written on the locomotive body just below the band.
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WDP-4/4B/4D | 4000/4500 | 61 |
| 2. | WDG-4/4D | 4000/4500 | 154 |
| 3. | WAP-7 | 6350 | 4 |
| 4. | WAG-9 | 6120 | 13 |
| Total Locomotives Active as of July 2024[1] | 232 | ||