| Diesel Loco Shed, New Katni Junction | |
| Image Upright: | 1.5 |
| Map Type: | India Madhya Pradesh |
| Location: | New Katni Junction, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Owner: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | West Central Railway zone |
| Depotcode: | NKJ (D) |
| Type: | engine shed |
| Rollingstock: | WDM-3A WDG-3A WAG-5 WAG-7 |
Diesel Loco Shed, Katni officially as Diesel Loco Shed, New Katni Junction is an engine shed located in Katni, Madhya Pradesh in India. Diesel Loco Shed, Katni does regular maintenance of Diesel locomotives in Indian Railways. It is now rated as one of the best sheds of the Indian Railways. It is one of the two Diesel loco sheds in the West Central Railway zone followed by Itarsi. It falls under the Jabalpur railway division of the West Central Railway zone.[1] [2] [3]
The shed opened in 1962 with forty locomotives. It was the biggest diesel locomotive shed of its time.[4]
This was the main diesel locomotive shed to serve locomotives to the unelectrified Itarsi- Allahabad section.After the electrification of this section it is now servicing Diesel Locomotives to CRS inspections and many unelectrified and remote areas of the country. Most diesel locomotives of DLS KTE/NKJ are now scrapped. It is the only diesel shed which houses electric locomotives more than diesels.It holds the whole WDG-3A locomotives fleet of WCR. Used to hold the only WDG-3C of Indian Railways.[5]
KTE based ALCo locomotives have a standard shed livery. Katni based WAG-5s have a standard livery. The shed is located at New Katni Junction but the locomotives simply carry the markings 'Katni' in Devanagari.
| SN | Locomotive | HP | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WDM-3A | 3100 | 1 | |
| 2. | WDG-3A | 3100 | 14 | |
| 3. | 3850 | 118 | ||
| 4. | 5350 | 96 | ||
| Total Locomotives Active as of August 2024[6] [7] | 229 | |||