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The company said around 84,000 remain unrepaired and are believed to still be in use.
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CBS News, 29 May 2024
In Houston last year, an intoxicated man was found dead, with his leg severed, in an area where remote locomotives were in use.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Other carriages have sleeper cabins with anywhere from one to six beds, which likely fold up when not in use.
—Albert Stumm, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Now in use by more than 2,700 people who have volunteered their data to the project, the app tracks typing speed and accuracy by swapping the phone’s onscreen keyboard with its own nearly identical one.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024
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CBS News, 29 May 2024
In Houston last year, an intoxicated man was found dead, with his leg severed, in an area where remote locomotives were in use.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 27 May 2024
Other carriages have sleeper cabins with anywhere from one to six beds, which likely fold up when not in use.
—Albert Stumm, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2024
Now in use by more than 2,700 people who have volunteered their data to the project, the app tracks typing speed and accuracy by swapping the phone’s onscreen keyboard with its own nearly identical one.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2024
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“In use.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20use. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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