[Jython-users] XML file remove <car> sibling using elementTree and jython

[James K. <jwk...@gm...>]

Win-10, Java 1.8, current JMRI version, NetBeans IDE, Jython, elementTree
I'm pulling elements from OperationsCarRoster.xml and want to delete some
siblings. Since all siblings have the same name <car> how can I select and
delete a specific car using attributes?
for example how do I use elementTree Remove(subelement) to delete a car
with id="MILW1001"

i'm using Jython (Python) on Win-10 and elementTree
here's all the code as I have it right now.

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
def __init__(self):
            #def open_car_xml_file():
            global trainTree
            global trainRoot
            trainTree = ET.parse('train.xml')
            trainRoot = trainTree.getroot()
            #self.add_train_rfid_tags()
            print trainRoot

def drop_car(self, car, engine, location):
        for elem in trainRoot:
            for subelem in elem.findall('car'):
                indentifier = str(subelem.get('engine', default=None))
                if indentifier == engine:
                    indentifier2 = str(subelem.get('id', default=None))
                    if indentifier2 == car:
                        getDroppedCarData = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
                        getDroppedCarData[0] = subelem.get('id',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[1] = subelem.get('roadName',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[2] = subelem.get('roadNumber',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[3] = subelem.get('type',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[4] = subelem.get('color',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[5] = subelem.get('rfid',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[6] = subelem.get('locationId',
default=None)
                        getDroppedCarData[7] = subelem.get('owner',
default=None)
                        (how do I using remove() to delete this record?

    return getDroppedCarData