Paul Catapano asked:

Can anyone tell me what train 833/834 was?

These were eastward and westward freights between
LA and Yuma (and maybe further east,such as Tucson).

Paul, and Tony,

I did some serious digging in the timetable collection
last night. In addition to confirming that 833/834 were
indeed Coast Line (Ventura Subdivision) freights, I
discovered that the LA-Yuma trains that Tony mentioned
are actually in a lower number series. They are 814, 816
818 and 820, and are eastbound only, Indio to Yuma. My
reference is Los Angeles Division Timetable #203, 1-9-55.

Hope this helps,

Shawn Beckert

Beckert, Shawn wrote:

I did some serious digging in the timetable collection last night. In addition to confirming that 833/834 were indeed Coast Line (Ventura Subdivision) freights, I discovered that the LA-Yuma trains that Tony mentioned are actually in a lower number series. They are 814, 816 818 and 820, and are eastbound only, Indio to Yuma. My reference is Los Angeles Division Timetable #203, 1-9-55.

Shawn, please see pages 70, 71 in Signor's _Beaumont Hill_ book. It does depend on era.

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