Lomita Railroad Museum
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| Established | 1966 |
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| Location | 2137 West 250th Street Lomita, California |
| Coordinates | 33°47′54″N 118°19′7″W / 33.79833°N 118.31861°W |
| Type | Railroad museum |
| Website | http://www.lomita-rr.org |
The Lomita Railroad Museum is a museum in Lomita, California devoted to California railroad history. “Exhibits include a full-size steam locomotive with tender and caboose, and a station housing scale models, photographs and paintings of trains.” [1]
It was founded by Irene Lewis in the early 1960s on a single lot in the middle of a residential part of Lomita, and had its grand opening on June 23, 1967.[2] The museum building is a replica of a 19th-century depot, Boston & Maine's Greenwood Station that once stood in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and there is a full size replica of a water tower. The museum grounds now function as a small public park.
Rolling Stock
[edit]The museum's collection includes:
- 1902 Baldwin steam locomotive
- Southern Pacific tender
- 1910 Union Pacific caboose
- Santa Fe caboose
- Union Pacific boxcar
- Union Oil tank car
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Doug (1979-06-17). "There's No End of Things to Do Close to Home". Los Angeles Times. p. CS1.
- ^ "Irene Lewis makes her dream of a train museum for Lomita a reality (Part 2: Lomita Railroad Museum) | South Bay History". blogs.dailybreeze.com. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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