This is not an Amtrak train. The video clearly shows that the car is struck by a Norfolk Southern freight train.

And you might have just hit the nail on the head on what these nu-Trek movies have been: Inspired by other modern successes. Star Trek 2009 was very publicly compared to Batman Begins by JJ Abrams and company. So originality hasn’t been this franchise reboot’s strong point, that’s for sure.

Batman Begins?