Train wreck

HANFORD, Calif. — Two cars and the locomotive of an Amtrak train carrying about 169 passengers derailed Monday after colliding with a big rig truck in California’s Central Valley, authorities said.

HYDERABAD, India -- A passenger train rammed into a parked freight train and caught fire before dawn Tuesday in southern India, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens more.

SZCZEKOCINY, Poland -- Poland's government insisted Sunday that rail travel is safe in the country despite a train collision that killed 16 people, assurances that come months before masses of sports fans will enter the country for a major soccer tournament -- many of whom will crisscross the nation by train.

HAMILTON, N.J. -- N.J. Transit's modern train station in Hamilton, just north of Trenton, is a favorite with commuters, with lots of parking and easy access to I-295.

The station is also a favorite among death-seekers.

Five people in two years have been killed by trains there, all apparent suicides.

Amtrak trains, which don't stop at Hamilton, speed by the station at up to 135 m.p.h. on their way to and from New York City.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Officials say more than 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled when two trains sideswiped each other and derailed in a Salt Lake City train yard.

TISKILWA, Ill. -- A freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and exploded Friday, sending up bright orange flames and plumes of smoke that could be seen miles away and forcing the evacuation of a small town in northern Illinois.

WEST WENDOVER, Nev. -- Police are investigating after an Amtrak train plowed into an empty vehicle that had stalled on a pair of West Wendover train tracks.