Rule of Cool in action...?
Pretty much that i think yeah.
Ugh. I suppose slapping an aircraft engine on was much easier than developing good enough gearbox and transmission.
Must have looked absolutely badass next to steam locomotives, though.
To be fair though, at the time, the German ability to build petrol engines for aircraft was far ahead of its ability with electric engines and diesels suitable for trains, and compared to steam engines it is drastically lighter at least.
Still, using it for a generator/electric engines setup would almost definitely have been better still, even with the tech of the time.
The Emperor's Tram Girls
So sad
I should be thinking that my problems are nothing in comparison, but I keep thinking "things could always get worse" instead.
Yeah.
Your problems are still real, you can always find
something worse, that doesn't negate the severity of the "lesser" problems.
See if you can break apart your problems and deal with the parts, it is often easier to deal with a hundred details than a massive big chunk of "messed up crap", and even if that is just a small part of the problems as a whole, dealing with any parts at all can often make a big difference.