You were still fortunate, you've managed to catch the train. This post and your story reminds me of my brother's trip to the Hungaroring, which is a Formula one track. It was a long time ago but still remember him laughing about it. There was a practice that day and they were trying to shoot some photos on film but all the photos were about the track, the cars were going so fast the camera could not catch a single one 😁
Ha! That's rather like what happens when I try to take a picture of a hummingbird!