"Engineers drive trains, not machines."

Translation: Masinis mengendarai kereta, bukan mesin.

[Leapy3]

why isn't mesin-mesin acceptable for machines?

[Peter69217]

So inconsistent with its interpretation of plurals ; mesin-mesin should be acceptable!

[DuskyDaniel]

Is there a difference between 'mengendarai' and 'mengemudikan'?

[JihadFz]

both are synonyms

[UpzahwvW]

/Masinis mengendarai kereta api, bukan mesin./ was not accepted but should be acceptable as an answer.

[PieterGrim]

Why 'bukan' and not 'tidak'?

[Diponegoro57]

Because it is a noun that is being negated.

[donny309620]

I think "operate" might be a better translation of "mengendarai" in this case than "drive".

[Diponegoro57]

Imho, 'kereta api' should be accepted, even if the short-form 'kereta' is adequate in the context of the rest of the sentence. Reported!