The 765 crew does not get any of the money collected at the Horseshoe Curve visitors center.
On Sunday afternoon FWRHS PR guy and 765 fireman Kelly Lynch and I chose to go to the curve to see the 765 go by. Even though we were in uniform and I specifially asked if the $20 fee also applied to locomotive crew, it still cost us $20 each for the privilege. The negative word-of-mouth from this bad business decision will do more harm to the museum than the benefit derived from the meager extra dollars they collected this weekend.
Isn't it interesting that the Altoona Railroader's Museum charges a MUCH higher rate to "view" at the curve, JUST because the 765 is in town. Yet, not a single dollar is donated to the FWRHS for all THEIR efforts!
Obviously I will NEVER visit THEM!
