I believe I can but if I have server A (2012) and server B (2016). I believe I can take full backup from A and restore to the B 2016, question is can I then apply a following trans log backup from A to B after full has been restored?
Longer answer: Yes, you can restore a Log backup from a lower version of SQL Server to a higher (I think you can skip up to 2 versions?) as long as you also restored the previous Full backup of the same database.