The train was introduced on March1, 1906, consisting entirely of first-class
parlor cars, a rarity on the United States' west coast. Initially, the service only called at six stations, Originally given numbers 19 and 20, the services had been re-designated as numbers 77 and 78 by 1914. Storms in late January 1914 damaged large portions of the Coast Line, with train delays lasting several days. As a result,
Shore Line Limited runs were canceled and would not be restored until June 1915. The train was discontinued on September15, 1931, canceled due to effects of the
Great Depression.
Wrecks The northbound
Shore Line Limited wrecked about north of
King City on September28, 1919, killing the engineer and fireman. An additional 41 passengers received minor injuries. On September22, 1922, the southbound
Shore Line Limited, having departed twenty minutes late from
Montalvo, crashed into a northbound Oxnard–Santa Paula local train; the engineer of the
Limited and fireman of the local were killed in the collision with the rest of the crew and passengers sustaining minor injuries. Six cars of the southbound
Limited wrecked near Los Angeles when it sideswiped a freight train which had been put into a
siding but left jutting into the inbound tracks on April6, 1924. No passengers or crew were injured. ==References==