Union Pacific, which owned the train, completed the trip via Cheyenne, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and San Bernardino.

After the City of Los Angeles went daily in 1947 the train resumed handling coaches, this time forever.

[1] In the early years of the Los Angeles Limited's service, the train's primary motive power was an ALCO 4-6-2 Pacific type.

In the early 1920s, the train was upgraded with newer steel, heavyweight passenger cars leased from Pullman, which caused troublesome for the Pacific types to keep schedule, especially through Echo Canyon and Cajon Pass.

The Mountain types maintained being the primary power between Ogden and Los Angeles until 1946 when the FEF's were all converted to oil in response to the coal strikes that broke out across the nation.