page_title: Russian locomotive class shch-el-1
hierarchical_section_title: Russian locomotive class shch-el-1
caption_attribution_description: English: The exhibit of the open-air railway museum in former Varshavsky terminal in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. First Soviet diesel locomotive Русский: Экспонат железнодорожного музея под открытым небом на бывшем Варшавском вокзале в Санкт-Петербурге. Первый советский тепловоз Щэл1
context_page_description: The shch-el-1 was Russia's first diesel locomotive. It was designed by Yakov Modestovich Gakkel and built by the Putilov Plant and the Baltic Shipyard. It was completed in 1924 and named "The Lenin Memorial Diesel Locomotive".
context_section_description: The shch-el-1 (Cyrillic script: Щэл1)  was Russia's first diesel locomotive.  It was designed by Yakov Modestovich Gakkel and built by the Putilov Plant and the Baltic Shipyard. It was completed in 1924 and named "The Lenin Memorial Diesel Locomotive".
caption: Diesel-electric locomotive class shch-el-1
  preserved in Saint Petersburg
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