The club was founded in 1947 as part of the Lokomotiv Moscow sports club. In their first season, they took part in the Klass B, the second level of Soviet hockey. In 1949, the club won the Klass B, and was promoted to the top-tier Klass A. Under the guidance of coach Alexander Novokreshtenov, the team finished in 12th place in the Klass A, and were relegated back to the Klass B. Midway through the 1950s, Anatoli Kostryukov became Lokomotiv's head coach. When the Klass A was expanded from 10 to 15 teams in 1955, the club returned to the league.