The Xplorer train you were on was a 5 car set (3 cars+2 cars), the Armidale Xplorer consists of Car A (first class), Car B (Economy) and Car D (Economy) and the Moree Xplorer consists of Car E (first class) and Car F (Economy)

10:30 You have to love those Barringtons!❤❤❤❤❤❤

Good review! 👌 Definitely keen to try this route one day.

Nice video mate! This remind me of my very first train experience in Australia- Armidale to Sydney.

A DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit) train like the Xplorer means that there is a engine in every car

Great choice on the pastie - made in Dubbo by Early Rise Baking Company..... as are the pies and the sausage rolls

Nice video, saw your post on one of the FB groups, minor correction, all of the Xplorer carriages are power cars including the EB intermediate carriages, i.e. each carriage would have an engine. Yes I do agree first class is only slightly better, also with better recline (especially great if no one is sitting behind you) and usually with less crying babies. I went on it a few years ago and there’s sometimes a bit of squeakiness coming from between the carriages (not sure what it’s called exactly), quite horrible on some of the sets, it just kept on squeaking the whole way.

Thank you for posting. Very enjoyable.

Great video! 😁

Very informative review and great videography :)🌞

Nicely done clip. Couple of minor technical things. Unless they've changed fairly recently the hot meals aren't microwaved, they're heated; which is why there'e about an hour between ordering and getting them. Also every carriage on the XPL has its own engine, so the sound level would be about the same in all. One time I travelled to Armidale there was a blind person with a dog on the train. I was very impressed at how the crew looked after them; even having toilet trays or a grassed area (with 'privacy') set up for the dog at each stop for when it needed to go.

`At Werris Creek 20 mins passengers have time to light up if they wish.

Nice vid mate! I’m not a fan of the morning commute but this is soothing 👌

4 hours with someone sitting next to you is easy. Try doing it on the 2 overnight trains back to back for about 10 hours (Mel - Syd) and then 14 hours (Syd - Bris) Nice video btw.

There's auxillary and drive motors on each carriage of the Xplorer cars. The drive motors are the noisy ones and they sit towards the rear bogey of each car (or known as the A1 end - or more simply the end with the higher seat numbers). If you're up the other end of the car the trip is fairly silent, quite noisy up the drive end. It's one of the worst features of the Xplorer/Endeavour sets. One other note on first class v economy. Quite often the train is frequented by some less than appealing clientele. Its always worth paying the extra to get the bigger seat and an guarantee that itl be a quiet and hassle free trip. The last time I caught the train Newcastle to Kootingal and back on consecutive days. The staff mentioned unruly and drunk economy passengers on the way up and the police boarded and removed 4 people at Quirindi on the way back.

Thanks for the video! How was 4G/5G phone reception? Many dead spots?

Forgot to ask before, where did you find the cab view footage

Hey mate. What is the name of the background music used as you were arriving at Tamworth.

Was the driver as slow as i am mate?

Was it Hexham you reached 153?

7:11 Anyone know that music?

I thought those trains don't stop at newcastle?

I didn't know the Victorian premier had a younger brother who was that desperate for cash he's doing train reviews?

I dont mind the Explorers, but the squeaky bogies really do get on your nerves