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0204A_RailroadSwarfs.jpg

These are larger examples of railroad grinder car "swarfs", created by sputtering hot metal bits onto stalactites that later fall or are knocked off, found along various RR tracks.

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By Alan Silverstein, ajs@frii.com (page updated Sun Jan 18 13:12:07 MST 2026)