Two replica trains were built out of wood for Burning Man.

They were placed on a track facing each other and filled with explosives.

Then, after a fireworks show, the trains were pushed on the track to one another and KABOOM!

The trains blew up in a massive fireball.

I’m telling you this not because I saw it, but because I heard about it as I was trying to peek over people’s heads on my tippy toes.

I saw NONE of it.

There were so many people surrounding The Great Train Wreck’s perimeter it was IMPOSSIBLE to see anything.

Still, it sounded AMAZING.

And I did managed to hold my camera up over my head and snap a few pictures.

The irony out of all this is that the explosions occurred BEFORE the collision.

Timing is everything.