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2025 Fall Meet
The Garden State Division fall meet is on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at the Clinton Fire Department in Clinton, NJ.
We plan for two clinics in the morning followed by afternoon layout tours.
Date, Time, and Location
October 25, 2025
9:00 AM
Clinton Fire Department
1 New Street
Clinton, NJ 08809
Clinic 1:
Building a Simple Intermediate Signaling System
By Richard Newmiller, MMR
Add signals to a new or existing layout without modifying the track work or the power wiring. Intermediate signals detect trains on the track between control points (such as switches) and do not require switch machine contracts. Build a simple system that can be expanded later to include those complicated cross-overs and interlocks.
View construction progress photographs of highly detailed bi-directional PRR signal masts built from readily available kits manufactured by Showcase Miniatures. Itemized costs for the integrated system comprised of 10 masts and 16 heads will be presented.
Clinic 2:
Design and
Construction of the New Layout
By Jim Homoki
Jim will discuss the concepts, research, and inspiration that is going
into the creation of his new HO layout. It will be the same era as his
previous layout, early 1970s, but will be focused on the CNJ across
New Jersey. Jim will explain why he is undertaking this large project,
how it is starting to come together, and review the prototype
resources being used. A few of the scenes under construction will be
discussed in detail.
In the photo, it doesn’t look like much right now, but rising from the
piles of boxes stored in the basement, mostly containing
railroad related material, the benchwork for Jim Homoki’s
new layout begins take form.
Layout Tours
Following the meeting, we will have the opportunity to visit model railroad layouts in the area.