As the article points out, $212m will upgrade the entire train control system to a modern one (they admit to be "five generations" behind). Phasing out floppy d

As the article points out, $212m will upgrade the entire train control system to a modern one (they admit to be "five generations" behind). Phasing out floppy disks is a consequence of this. They're cereinlynnot paying someone this much to just replace the floppy disk system but nothing else; that would be insane. The headline is a little flippant, and they don't mean it literally. Many people on HN these days seem to reply without reading the article headline first...