Thanks to the work you did on the Monon Query conductor logs I can offer a midwest perspective on how prevalent these cars were. I was surprised that half of the 28 HTs recorded off the log so far were PRR cars: 10 H21s and 4 H25s! About half of these were cars loaded at online mines. As an aside, 10% of the HMs that are recorded so far off of this log are GLa s. This on a road clogged with SOU and LN twins. Given that the number of H21s was several times the entire roster of the Monon, I should not have been surprised. I am easily surprised.
Mike,
Did the Pennsy serve any mines in southern Indiana? I don't think they did in Illinois, but I could be wrong. Still, Indiana is a thousand miles closer to PRR's coal belt than Sherman Hill. Both those PRR hoppers "tethered" and those that had "strayed" should be much higher in Indiana than across the Rockies.
