Two axles of one car slipped off the rails near Truckee. Nobody injured. Two halves of train either side of the derailed car were joined together on the adjacent track, where they continued westbound. The reason it took so long was because of the weather and attempts to rerail the car failed.

The train was without light and power for several hours - and eventually ran out of food! Once the train was enroute again, staff boarded at the next stop and handed out coffee and doughnuts. The train arrived in Emeryville 16 hours and 53 minutes late.

Of course, the next eastbound was severely late leaving too.