Lomita, California

Los Angeles County

06-42468

Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California, United States, with 20,700 inhabitants ( 2004). The geographic coordinates are: 33.79 ° N, 118.32 ° West. The metropolitan area has a size of 4.9 km ².

Sons and daughters of the town

  • James Francis Thorpe, a successful five-and ten fighters ( died here )
  • Milo Aukerman, lead singer of the Descendents

Lomita Railroad Museum

The Lomita Railroad Museum is a small museum in the town, which was opened in 1966 by Irene Lewis. The museum provides an insight into the era of steam trains. On display are a 1902 Baldwin locomotive, a Southern Pacific tender, a 1910 Union Pacific trailers ( Caboose ), and a Santa Fe trailer. The museum building is a replica of a 19th century depots that once in Wakefield, Massachusetts, stood.

The museum also houses a replica of a water tower in original size from the 1920s, which was rebuilt in 2000. In the museum there is also a small park where a Union Pacific boxcar and a Union Oil tank car is.

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