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English: This rock-like object is a welded mass of hot steel shavings that fell from a rail grinder. Such equipment mills away irregularities from the top surface of railroad tracks. This allows train traffic to run more smoothly over the rails.

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Author James St. John

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/49742158927. It was reviewed on 22 October 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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