Train Trivia 10/4/05 (ANSWERED)

Anonymous · October 4, 2005, 7:42pm

SP freight trains referred to as the roots carried what?

Potatoes
Gravel
Pigs
Sugar Beets

Modelcar · October 4, 2005, 8:12pm

…The answer is Sugar Beets…

Murphy_Siding · October 4, 2005, 8:14pm

My guess is sugar beets-#4

wctransfer · October 4, 2005, 8:22pm

yep, sugar beets, god those old cars were awesome!

Alec

Anonymous · October 4, 2005, 8:24pm

SP is the only railroad I know of which ran unit trains of sugar beets. So that would be my guess.

Murphy_Siding · October 4, 2005, 9:47pm

CNW ran trains of sugar beets out of BelleFourche,SD at one time. Not sure if they were unit trains,though.

miniwyo · October 4, 2005, 10:41pm

I agree, Sugar Beets

CSSHEGEWISCH · October 5, 2005, 7:51am

I’ll go along with the others and say sugar beets. Railroad slang can be quite picturesque and a nickname like that goes along with the commodity quite well.

Anonymous · October 5, 2005, 7:59pm

MAN JUST CAN’T FOOL ANYBODY THESE DAYS.