Lomita Railroad Museum, Railroad museum in Lomita, California, US
The Lomita Railroad Museum is a railway museum in a residential part of Lomita, California. Its building is a replica of Boston & Maine's 19th-century Greenwood Station, which once stood in Wakefield, Massachusetts. On the grounds stand a full-size 1901 Baldwin steam locomotive with tender and caboose, a replica water tower, and freight cars including a Union Pacific boxcar and a Union Oil tank car.
Irene Lewis founded the museum in the early 1960s on a single lot in a residential part of Lomita, and it held its grand opening on June 23, 1967. Its building is a replica of Boston & Maine's Greenwood Station, a 19th-century depot that once stood in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
The museum building is a replica of the Greenwood Station of the Boston & Maine Railroad, a 19th-century depot that once stood in Wakefield, Massachusetts. Irene Lewis placed it on a single residential lot in Lomita, and the grounds now serve as a small public park.
The grounds are fairly compact and easy to explore on foot, with open access to most of the train cars on display. Wear appropriate footwear since you will be walking over unpaved areas and climbing in and out of railroad equipment.
The museum owns a well-preserved tender and several specialized freight cars, including a Union Oil tank car, that reveal lesser-known details of railroad operations. These vehicles show how trains served not just passenger transport but also delivered goods and infrastructure support for the expanding economy.
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