File:Guadalcanal, Bougainville and Tokyo Railroad - Solomon Islands - Official United States Marine Corps Photo - REF Dept NEA - 26 Nov 1943.jpg

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English: Guadalcanal, Bougainville and Tokyo Railroad - Solomon Islands - Official United States Marine Corps - REF Dept NEA - 26 Nov 1943

Completion of the Guadalcanal Division of the Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Tokyo Railroad, August 22 was marked by a 'golden spike' ceremony reminiscent of the (completion) of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point ... set a world record railroad construction, for it took them just three days to finish the railroad which is 1.22 miles (long), and another two days to build its pier terminus.

The line has spurs to the various dumps it serves. The 27 switches are of the right hand type because no left hand switches were shipped from the States, thus there is no continuous "main line". Eighteen earth and steel bumpers prevent the cars from running off the spurs.
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Author United States Marine Corps

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