It looks like they detrained everyone at the Acacia Ridge yard? Which is weird because it’s a stones throw from Roma Street. Coincidentally the bit of track between Acacia Ridge and Roma street is used heavily by QR for their services to the Gold Coast which the XPT has to clear the track for, so I’d take ‘track maintenance’ with a bit of salt. QR are known to bend the truth at times
@Approvedhalalmemes9 ай бұрын
I reckon QR already doesn’t like the XPT coming in on their turf. They probs said maintenance to give QR trains the right of way 😂.
@ph897876 жыл бұрын
Nice trip. The story i heard about the XPT being stopped at Acacia Ridge was kind of caused by miscommunication between Queensland Rail and NSW Trains. Or QR decided to be dicks
@glendinfb6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Patrick. That makes a lot of sense. We were very lucky that we didn't have real reason to be at Roma Station by 4:53pm anyway. In all honesty the whole event provided a little extra entertainment for us but that wasn't the same for most of the other passengers.
@0011clem2 жыл бұрын
@@glendinfb Hello ..It is Roma Street station. Roma station is on the line to charleville , west of Toowoomba .
@Martindyna5 жыл бұрын
Nicely done video showing a map of the route etc. I'm from the UK and wonder what a brekkie pie consists of? Never heard of this before.
@glendinfb5 жыл бұрын
Hi Martin, thanks for the feedback on my video. Ah yes a ‘Brekkie Pie’. This depends on who you speak to but normally it’s just a standard steak pie consumed as a breakfast item. Some people go all fancy and have been know to have a bacon and egg pie but generally speaking it’s just a pie had for breakfast.
@Martindyna5 жыл бұрын
@@glendinfb Oh thanks for that - I think I would pass though; the most I want for brekkie is grapefruit followed by egg, bacon& toast!
@lancecoulston20385 жыл бұрын
Very nice video,it's a pity you traveled at night, would have been good sight seeing,
@glendinfb5 жыл бұрын
Hey Lance, I totally agree. Next time I think we will do the trip in the daytime and in the summer. Have you done the journey before?
@sharonrobinson93585 жыл бұрын
thank you great job
@glendinfb5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the positive feedback. That’s very kind of you to say.
@darrenrichardson78156 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks.
@glendinfb6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words Darren. Hoping to do more of this style of Vlog in the future. I have a flight to the US in January and will likely produce another video about the flight.
@utareangara55294 жыл бұрын
Wait wut?? Scheduled maintenance? how did the train not get through?
@BillSaltbush3 жыл бұрын
I don't like buses. To be told we had to get off the train and onto a bus would annoy me intensely. Especially if it was because of "scheduled maintenance". That being the case, they should have told you, well beforehand and given you the opportunity of cancelling or deferring your trip.
@glendinfb3 жыл бұрын
I agree Bill it was a bit annoying to be left in the dark and not make it to our destination however we had nice weather and it didn't spoil our trip overall.
@Approvedhalalmemes9 ай бұрын
QR doesn’t like to talk to NSW Trains
@TheMightyAbs5 жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks for this video. Nicely done. Was there any diesel smell in the sleeper cabin?
@glendinfb5 жыл бұрын
Hi There, Thanks for the kind feedback. Not that I can recall. My wife an I are both fairly sensitive to smells like that and I don't remember it being a problem whilst inside out cabin.
@TheMightyAbs5 жыл бұрын
@@glendinfb Thanks. I've gone with a first class seat just to be safe. I had a very bad experience on the XPT from sydney to melbourne. was getting poisioned by deisel fumes. Really messed up the journey. Now I'm a bit scared, especially since it is a lot costlier to go sleeper.
@glendinfb5 жыл бұрын
@@TheMightyAbs I think you will be fine but I would be interested to find out how you go.
@utareangara55295 жыл бұрын
how could they not know about scheduled trackwork??????????
@glendinfb5 жыл бұрын
I know right. We were just lucky we didn't have anything scheduled to do that morning. I'm sure it was a b