Sugar Beets?

[MasonJar]

Sugar beets were once a common crop in Southern Ontario. But other than a few circa 1950s pictures in Ian Wilson's various "Steam..." books, I haven't seen much about them. Apparently they were carried in open gons loaded at team tracks, and were a common "good" in the fall after harvest - so much so that there were "unit trains" of them.

Can anyone shed any further light on this?

Thanks.

Andrew