Sunday, October 21, 2012

Fall Meet - NMRA Garden State Division

Received the following via email.

NMRA Garden State Division Fall Meet

Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 9:30 am

Location

St. Peter the Apostle Elementary School
165 Somerset St.
New Brunswick , NJ

Activity Fee: $6.00

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Meet Activities

Clinics

FREEMO Modules by Mike Prokop

Mike Prokop will be sharing his HO scale FREEMO modules. Don’t have the room for a layout? Freemo may be a great way to get started. Mike will show us how build one along with the standards and the concept of Freemo.

Water Towers by Chuck Diljak

Chuck Diljak will share his ideas on building unique water towers which also served as advertisements. These water towers were a distinctive feature found in many New Jersey towns.

The North East Corridor by Jim Homoki

Jim Homoki apropos to the meet location will share a presentation on the history of the North East Corridor, towers and stations now and then.


“Bring ‘n Brag” Session

Door Prizes

Achievement Program Judging

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After the meet there will be four layouts to visit.

Joe Calderone’s HO scale D&H layout

Joe Calderone’ s 25’ x 19’ HO scale layout features a seldom modeled section the Delaware and Hudson in upstate New York in the early 70’s.


Jim Homoki’s HO scale Newark Terminal Railroad.

Jim Homoki’s will have his HO scale Newark Terminal Railroad open. Jim’s layout features great scenery with waterfront scenes. The locomotives and rolling stock are detailed and weathered to fit a 1969 to 1974 time period.


The Bound Brook Presbyterian Model Railroad Club

The Bound Brook Presbyterian Model Railroad Club HO Scale Railroad will also be open for your viewing. The club is situated in the basement of the office building for the cemetery, across the street from the church. The club has a Pennsylvania RR theme with great scenery.


The Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway

Ralph Heiss' The Lehigh Valley Harbor Terminal Railway is a roughly 22' x 11' HO scale switching layout, simulating the Lehigh Valley 's Hudson River waterfront yard in Jersey City , NJ circa 1951.While there is currently no scenery on the layout, signature scenes currently/will include 4 custom-built float bridges, 3 covered pier sheds and two 12 foot industrial branches, one CNJ, one LV that radiate from two yards on the layout. The layout is powered by NCE DCC with sound equipped locomotives and is "fiddle staged" during sessions.

  Addresses and maps will be available at meet.

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For additional details about the Meet, Clinics and the Tour Layouts
use the following link to the GSD Fall newsletter and then go to page 7

http://nergsd.com/Data/WP124.pdf

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We will have a White Elephant table.
Bring your unwanted items to sell.

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The NMRA Garden State Division is at

www.nergsd.com