On a clear night (and sometimes during the day), you can get a good view of center city and the Domino lane radio towers from West Norriton. Around the intersection of Germantown Pike and Park Ave is a good vantage point.

I chaperoned a camp-in my kids took part in a few years ago, couldn't sleep at all so I roamed the museum most of the night, and met up with more than a few mice, even one making its way up the main stairwell.. But that's life in the city.

Nice! I was there summers, winter breaks and sometimes spring breaks '91-'95, so it's pretty likely we crossed paths at some point. I was a demonstrator and worked the occasional camp-in weekend.

Sure did, went about 15 feet up and back, and when I worked there in the early '90s, a tape would play with some generic steam engine sounds and narrated details about the train. The tape was so badly worn and stretched, it was almost unintelligible, so some of us had the more interesting facts memorized for when people asked about what was being said.

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There also used to be a bunch of photographs of the train being installed before construction of the museum was completed. Last time I was there, I asked what happened to them but nobody seemed to know.

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(Edit: addit'l facts)