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points by jeroenhd 3 days ago | 0 comments
If you live in a country or region where the gauge didn't change, you can put a 1845 train on a modern track just fine. If the gauge did change, you'll need a train from another country. Standard Gauge was first applied in 1825 after all.
[–] fredoralive 2 days ago
Although on modern railways whilst the locomotive might fit, the train might not be allowed to operate in normal mainline traffic or need modifications to be considered safe. A steam train on the British main lines needs to be retrofitted with an alphabet soup of AWS, TPWS and GSM-R, and the glacial rollout of ERTMS and in cab signalling will mean figuring out how to add a HMI display to a steam engine cab.
[–] jeroenhd 2 days ago
And Apple might find software that doesn't get their magical signature to be unsafe and insecure, but the old executables will run if you ignore all those constraints.