The Tyumen railway locomotive depot was built in 1887 and became the first in the Trans-Urals. From this moment its story begins. At first, these were workshops at the dead-end Tyumen station, in which steam locomotives were washed. In 1910, during the construction of the railway to Omsk, the construction of a fan depot began, which is still used today for maintenance of TO-3 and routine repairs of TP-1 diesel locomotives TEP70 and TEM18DM. In addition, a repair and procurement site is located in the building of the fan depot.
In 1936, a workshop for the warm washing of diesel locomotives was built and put into operation, and the construction of a new rectangular depot began. In 1944, a workshop for the lifting repair of steam locomotives with procurement and auxiliary workshops was built.
In 1958, the Sverdlovsk Design Institute "Uralgiprotrans" developed a two-year plan for the reconstruction of the depot, taking into account its full transition to the maintenance and repair of diesel locomotives, and in 1960 the reconstruction was completed with the construction of electric, axle-roller and diesel-aggregate workshops and rheostat testing workshops.
The year 1964 was marked by an important event. On January 2, the first TEP-60 passenger locomotives arrived at the Tyumen Depot park. The fact that the team of the Tyumen depot was entrusted with the operation of a new locomotive testified to the recognition of its technical maturity and skill in driving locomotives.
In 1965, the depot began to master the lifting repair of TEP-60 locomotives. In order to reduce downtime in repairs, a large-unit repair method was mastered for the first time on the road network, which covered all workshops in the design and manufacture of technological equipment by the newly created experimental workshop.
The next stage in the development of the depot began in 1960, when the development of oil and gas fields in the north of the Tyumen region started and the construction of the Tyumen – Tobolsk railway line with a length of 222 kilometers began.
With the increase in the volume of traffic to the north, TE-3 locomotives did not provide the capacity of the Tyumen branch, so in March 1973, 2TE116 locomotives began to replace them. A locomotive technical inspection point was put into operation at the Voynovka station. In the same years, the electrification of the Bogdanovich – Zyvaevskaya section began. In 1980, the first electric locomotive arrived at the Tyumen station.