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.
2026 Winter Meet
The Garden State Division winter meet is on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at the Fulton Friendship Lodge in Park Ridge, NJ.
We plan for two clinics in the morning followed by afternoon layout tours.
Date, Time, and Location
February 28, 2026
9:00 AM
Fulton Friendship Lodge
147 Kinderkamack Road
Park Ridge, NJ
Clinic 1:
Scenery by Photographs
By Tom Wortmann
Many members use photographs to model their trains, weather their trains, and detail
their trains.
This clinic will show you that photos work for scenery too. Tom will explain how the
scenery in photos can be just as useful for modeling scenery as modeling trains.
Join us for a detailed presentation of what photographs captured but we never
noticed.
You may be presently surprised.
Clinic 2:
100 Years of the New York Society of Model Engineers (NYSME)
By Doug Chadwick
The club has the distinction of being the
oldest model railroad club in the United States and predates the NMRA. Doug, who is President of the Society, will talk about the rich history of
the NYSME including the places they have called home, the layouts they
built, the memorable events they have experienced and the colorful characters that have been members.
Layout Tours
Following the meeting, we will have the opportunity to visit model railroad layouts in the area.