they conquered city after city, fortress after fortress, and beitar fell, despite the high walls of thefter this, judea finally lost state. another consequence is believed to have been the final split between judaism and the christian religion. 100 years ago, on this day, august 5, 1924, the first domestic mainline diesel locomotive left the workshop of the baltic shipyard and was able to accelerate to 75 km/h. the diesel locomotive was developed by engineer-inventor yakov gakkel, a talented man. and versatile, he built hydroelectric power stations, power lines, airplanes, after the civil war it was necessary to restore the railway, locomotives was not enough, and the diesel locomotive was more modern than conventional steam locomotives, with an internal combustion engine and electric transmission more economical, the diesel locomotive did not need scarce coal in numerous servants, it could be driven by one driver, the primacy of the gakkel diesel locomotive was challenged by another diesel locomotive designed by yuri lomanosov, but it was built germany, and lamonosov soon left the ussr