Open Invitation
Anyone is welcome to attend our events. If you are not a member of the NMRA, we invite you to attend up to three of them. We believe that three visits provide the opportunity to evaluate our organization and decide to become a member and enjoy its benefits. You can click on the button to read more about the three visit policy for non-members.
2025 Summer Meet
The Garden State Division summer meet is on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at the Morris County Library in Whippany, NJ.
We plan for two clinics in the morning followed by afternoon layout tours.
Date, Time, and Location
July 26, 2025
9:30 AM
Morris County Library
30 East Hanover
Avenue
Whippany, NJ 08528
Clinic 1:
Make Your Connections Better
By Tom Wortmann
We all wire our layouts regardless of scale and some of our electrical connections are very important. Some of our connections are good, some are very good and some are so-so and even a few are failures waiting to happen. Why not take the time to make them as Best as you can and make a connection you will never have to worry about.
Tom’s presentation explains why there could be an issue with your connections and shows how to make great low voltage connections every time.
Clinic 2:
Animation without Programming
By Stephen Scharfstein
Inspired by a photograph of a potato truck dumper serving a Frito Lay plant in Kirkwood, New York, Steve was determined to create an animation of that device for an HO scale layout. By animating the model he could represent the unique features of the dumper operation. In this clinic Steve will look at options to design this layout animation. Not wanting to do programming, he selected components that could be assembled to create this animated feature. Steve explains his choices and shows the resulting animation. His experience can be useful to other modelers considering similar animation projects.
Layout Tours
Following the meeting, we will have the opportunity to visit model railroad layouts in the area.