You’re not the only one who has made this comment, but perhaps consider a few points:

Maybe someone should give that judge a lesson in basic geometry and what the words “parallel” and “intersection” mean.

All these people whining about expensive frequent maintenance probably don’t care to turn a wrench and learn. I’ve owned my B5 S4 for coming up on 12 years now. Only things I have to take it to the shop for our alignments, tire change, wheel balancing, etc. where it doesn’t make sense to have the equipment. There are…

The traction motor in locomotives is mainly to overcome what would be an impossibly large mechanical drivetrain.