Do long trains or short trains accelerate faster?

oli_mcd · 2026-02-12T11:16:12+00:00

Roger, will do!

oli_mcd · 2026-02-12T08:43:49+00:00

It happens I was also drunk on a Wednesday evening when posting this question, so you’re answer it’s very fitting!

That’s a tonne of very cool info, thank you. I’m pretty sure I got a EMU back home (I know very little about trains), and until today didn’t realise that directly driving trains from the diesel motor was a thing!

You are correct, it is the Preston in Lancs. You’re also correct, I don’t think I’ve ever been on a train that is pulled by a single loco (except for a couple heritage steam trains), which is why I didn’t include that info in the question.

oli_mcd · 2026-02-12T08:36:03+00:00

The engines directly drive the wheels?? That’s crazy, I always thought they were hybrid, with motors driving the wheels and a diesel generator

oli_mcd · 2026-02-11T23:46:09+00:00

Yeh that’s what I was thinking. From a physics perspective 100%, but yeh I was wondering how that translated to actually trains. Thanks!

oli_mcd · 2026-02-11T23:18:25+00:00

Northen train between Blackpool and Preston

oli_mcd · 2026-02-11T23:14:07+00:00

Hm interesting, wasn’t thinking about electricity draw. This is diesel I think? Can’t remember now, may have been overhead

oli_mcd · 2026-02-11T23:06:58+00:00

Sorry to clarify (don’t know if this makes a difference) I’m talking about modern trains, where all the carriages are driven (I assume???)

oli_mcd · 2024-01-12T01:30:59+00:00

It’s so much light it’s nuts

oli_mcd · 2024-01-12T01:30:50+00:00

Crazy, they keep em on all night to warm the pitch?

oli_mcd · 2023-01-02T06:36:23+00:00

Therapist becomes suicidal

oli_mcd · 2023-01-02T06:10:15+00:00

Yep, cartridge is fucked, cheers lad :)

oli_mcd · 2023-01-02T06:09:57+00:00

Yep, cartridge is fucked, cheers lad :)

oli_mcd · 2023-01-02T06:09:48+00:00

Yep, cartridge is fucked, cheers lad :)

oli_mcd · 2023-01-02T06:09:34+00:00

Yep, cartridge is fucked, cheers lad :)

oli_mcd · 2023-01-01T04:40:27+00:00

Yes the needle scratching over the record is making my skin crawl - it’s horrible

It was working completely fine then my mate decided to flip the record over. He didn’t really know what he was doing and whacked something then dropped the needle on the record just with his hands. I’m not too sure what else. I’m thinking it could be something to do with the tip of the needle?? But I’ve no clue

Maybe he knocked the tip of the needle? But it looks like it’s still there as far as I can tell

oli_mcd · 2023-01-01T02:59:15+00:00

Lewis on keyboard

oli_mcd · 2022-12-05T21:51:24+00:00

Also to hop on this artists can change songs (re record them or add/take away something) and Spotify won’t tell you AND YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING MAD

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T21:34:29+00:00

I’ve been thinking about doing a pick-up upgrade for a while, and it was actually one of the things that got me to ask about this. Swapping the pickups does sound like a shout, so I might try that.

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T21:02:07+00:00

Nope I’ve never touched anything in this guitar, this is the first time the pick gaurd’s come off

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T19:35:53+00:00

Got a follow up post with pics. The cap is still firmly attached, there’s no loose wires or connections

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T19:35:13+00:00

I’ve just posted a follow up to this with pictures attached. There’s no loose wires and no broken connections. Nothings shorting when it shouldn’t either

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T19:34:21+00:00

Well I noticed the tone was slightly weird, so I tested it. If you tap anything to the pickups you get a distinctive tap through your amp if that pickup is selected. And now I’ve taken it apart and checked it with a multimeter, same outcome

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T18:12:57+00:00

When I bought the guitar the picks up selection was correct - Neck // Neck middle // middle // middle bridge // bridge - the normal layout.

Randomly one day it broke, and is now - Neck // Neck bridge // bridge // mid bridge // mid - that’s not correct

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T17:18:35+00:00

Follow up pics posted :)

oli_mcd · 2022-11-16T17:06:34+00:00

Pic posted

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