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20th Century Hobbies, Inc.

Serving the model railroad community since 1977

Welcome to the 20th Century Hobbies home page.

Instructions on how to use this web site:

To see the latest released and announced products, review the lower half of this page and then go to the first item in the left column and click on "What's New!!".   To look for items you are interested in, the best way is by using the Search feature.   Select the scale, then the category within the scale, ie., railroad name, locos, passenger, freight, details/decals/track/structures...  Click on the underlined portion of the reference and it will take you to the selected items.  Use your back button or click on search again to return or travel anywhere on the web site.  The first page after this one you see on the site is the What's New!!! page.  They have now expanded to six or seven pages of "What's New!!" These products will be on these pages for 3 months from their announced data and then drop off, but still will exist in our regular inventory.  These pages will bring you a listing of new things in stock and product announcements by manufacturers. Many items are "announced products" and not yet in stock or released by the manufacturers.  The delivery of these items varies from three to nine months, however it is prudent to order them immediately as the ordering times for new items is usually less than a month.  When ordering items and you have made your selection and filled in the quantity, click on our logo and it will bring you back to the data base to find more products.  We hope you find those things you want and please feel free to contact us at eltrainmaster@copper.net  about any problems you may have encountered.  Thank you.
 
We will have errors on this site such as descriptions and prices and we will fix them as we continue to update the data in the database.  We have loaded about 7,500 pictures of the products and only have another 2,000 to go.  Thanks for your patience during this time.

We have discontinued our newsletters based on spamming restrictions employed by our service provider (ISP)  who won't allow more than 12 email addresses in each sending.  You can see our older newsletters at the following links, but we have on our "What's New!!" page all the new items available to replace the newsletter:

G Scale Newsletter
O Scale Newsletter
HO Scale Newsletter
N Scale Newsletter

 
 

We take Discover Card, MasterCard, American Express,
VISA and PayPal!!
 

In Stock Now!!!!

Bob Pennisi's "Erie Railroad.....New Jersey Memories"  Softcover color front and back featuring the photos of John H. Riley, Dick Young and W. R. Wright includes all New Jersey areas of the Erie Railroad. 48 pages of  black & white photos of steam and diesel.  MSRP $19.95  our price $17.50 plus postage.  Item # RAE-30.
 

Make your reservation now for Morning Sun Books and save $9.95 (over 15%) from the publishers advance reservation price.
 

Due July 2010:
MSB-1380  Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color Volume #9 Allegheny Div. Antis To Derry by Robert J. Yanosey

Due August 2010:
MSB-1383  Trackside Around the Pennsylvania Cement District by Mike Bednar and Ken Bealer

The following new books are in stock now!

RRP-10  Bethlehem Steel Railroading from The Railroad Press

TRP-28  From the Railroad Press - Pennsylvania Lines West - Volume 2 Pittsburgh and Northeast Ohio 1960-1999 by Steve Hipes & David P. Oroszi

New books in stock by Morning Sun of interest to local (NJ, NY & PA) fans:

MSB-1379 Trackside Erie Railroad to Conrail In Color with Robert F. Collins by John R. Canfield

MSB-1376 Delaware & Hudson In Color Volume #4 by Tom Seaman

MSB-1369  Erie Railroad In Color Volume 2 by Steve M. Timko

MSB-1371 Anthracite Railroads and Mining In Color by Chuck Yungkurth

MSB-1362 Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities Volume 6 Harrisburg Division

MSB-1363 Steel Mill Railroads in Color -SOLD OUT!
OUT OF PRINT!  GONE!

MSB-1361 New York Central Through Passenger Service Volume 2

MSB-1347 Trackside Along the Erie Railroad and its
Connections with Jim Kostibos

MSB-1339 DL&W Facilities Vol.3: Scranton to Buffalo with postscript by Jack Emerick

 MSB-1326 Trackside around Eastern Ohio 1965-1995 with Dave McKay by Stephen M. Timko. N&W,PRR, PC, CR, B&O, EL NYC

MSB-1336 Trackside around Western Ohio 1965-1995 with Dave McKay by Steve M. Timko Re-visit the PC,B&O, N&W, C&O, EL, CR
 

All Morning Sun Books are $54.95 including USPS Priority Mail Shipping.  MSRP's are $59.95 without postage.
 

Notice:  BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!
We have added a dozen new book publishers and over two hundred new books as well as updating the availabilty of Kalmbach, Carstens, TLC Publishing, Railroad Avenue Enterprises and, of course, the full line of Morning Sun Books.

LIONEL
Harry Potter - Hogwarts Express
at a discount price !!  Limited Stock

Athearn - IN STOCK NOW!

CNJ, New Haven ALCo RS-3
C&O, NYC, PRR & D&H 40' Gondolas
Athearn 25' Trailers in NKP, CN, NYC &
Pennsy trailers in stock.
85' TTX Flat Cars with 2 40' trailers 4 different numbers
60' TTX Flat Cars with 2 stake/box trucks 6 different numbers
40' Exterior Post Trailers, Penn Central & Reading with and without 85' flat cars
40' Gondolas PRR, NYC, Erie, D&H now in stock!!

ATLAS in stock now!!
Atlas Trainman Cabooses - Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & Hudson River, New Jersey Transit, and New York Central
ALCo RS36 Delaware & Hudson & Lehigh Valley
ALCo RS-3 Lehigh & Hudson River two numbers
HO NE-6 Cupola Caboose Raritan River #9
ALCo C420 Phase 2a & 2b diesel locomotives in Delaware & Hudson
(2 numbers) with & with Sound & DCC
Trainman Train Set Delaware & Hudson with RS36 #5018 three cars and a caboose
HO ALCo C420 Phase 2B low nose Silver Series
Lehigh & Hudson River (#26 & #29) w/o Sound or DCC
The much awaited Morristown & Erie #14 ALCo S-4
Also ALCo S-1's in Reading & ALCo S-2's Lehigh Valley
two different numbers of each.  Boston & Maine ALCo S-4 yard switchers 3 different numbers
HO Ford F-150 Extended Cab Truck Undecorated
Fairbanks Morse Trainmasters are in stock
Reading 2 numbers with & without sound & DCC
Lackawanna 4 road numbers and one with no # without sound & DCC
Lackawanna 1 road number with sound & DCC left.
HO ALCo HH660 yard switcher in Erie
 

Atlas Announced:
GP40-2 in Boston & Maine three road numbers Due Feb. 2010
GP39-2 Delaware & Hudson #7610 & 7618 Lightning Stripe scheme Due June 2010
GP39-2 Reading #3402 & #3416 Green & Yellow due June 2010
1978 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon five colors due June 2010
EMD GP40 Maine Central with and without sound/DCC
EMD GP38 Lehigh Valley with and without sound/DCC
ALCo C424's Erie Lackawanna wthout sound or DCC 3 different numbers

Bachmann in stock now:
Crane & Tender Reading green & yellow
Baldwin Sharks RF-16's both A & B units -  PRR  & NYC
Baldwin Sharks RF-16's A unit only D&H 2 different numbers
All Sharks are DCC equipped
Erie 2-10-0 with sound & DCC

BLMA Announced for August 2010
89' Flat Cars F89-J Models in 5 differrent road numbers
 

Bowser in stock now!
HO 70 ton covered 2 bay hopper kits 3 numbers of each
  Lehigh & New England and Lehigh Valley
HO 100 Ton Open Hopper Lake Erie & Franklin, Reading,
Delaware & Hudson and Erie Lackawanna

Branchline- In Stock:
Yardmaster Series (E-Z kits)
Erie 40' Box cars with regular sized herald four new numbers
Four varities of wood fencing in HO
In Stock!!

Branchline- Announced:
All below are due ????
New York Central 40' box cars four new numbers
Boston & Maine 40' box cars four new numbers
 
 

Broadway Limited Imports: In stock now !!
At an amazing price of $152.95
BLI-2119 & BLI-2120 ErieLackawanna NW2 yard switcher in gray, maroon & yellow with DCC & Sound (two numbers)
BLI-1210 Lehigh Valley NW2 yard switcher in Cornell Red with black lettering with DCC & Sound (one number left)

Erie 2-8-2 steam #3113, Stealth Series, (no sound or DCC)
Erie #3206 2-8-2 Steam with Sound & DCC Ready

InterMountain Railway Company
All models have Kadee couplers and metal wheelsets
40' Box Cars Lehigh & New England (4 numbers)
40' Box Cars Jersey Central (4 numbers)
53' Bulkhead Flat Cars - Erie Lackawanna #7000 series (2 numbers)
50' Box Cars - Erie Lackawanna 6 different numbers and
Canadian National 6 different numbers (seen on many EL freights)
U18B's Maine Central "Eagle" 2 different road numbers
Built Up Passenger Cars from Bethlehem Car Works
Erie Streamline Baggage Cars both Pullman Green with yellow lettering and Green, Graygreen & yellow lettering
Erie Lackawanna Gray, Maroon & Yellow Streamlined Baggage Cars

Due Soon:
F7A & B's in Reading & F3A & B's Erie Lackawanna with and without DCC &/or Sound
Central of New Jersey Baggage Cars
Erie and Erie Lackawanna 6-6-4 Sleepers in the American Series

We have a growing relationship with InterMountain.  If you need anything from them, let us know by email to eltrainmaster@copper.net even if we don't have it listed, we can get it for you.

International Hobby Corporation
has gone out of business.  We have a limited number of IHC passenger cars available and after they are gone, there is no more.

Kadee In Stock:
HO Erie Box Car 7' door & wide bolster tabs built 1954, 7' Youngstown door, #86734 equipped with #2100 scale couplers

HO Erie Box Car 7' door & wide bolster tabs built 1954, 7' Youngstown door, no #'s equipped with #2100 scale couplers
included with decals to put on your own number.

HO Box Cars & Covered Hopper cars in Delaware & Hudson
Open hopper cars in Reading,  New York Central & Covered hoppers in Pennsy
Washers, three different sizes for raising coupler height
Conversion bolsters for IHC, AHM and Riverossi passenger cars
Kadee #5 couplers in bulk packs of 20 or 10 pair
 

LifeLike In Stock:
LifeLike Heritage Series Erie 2-10-2 #4214 Stealth Series,
(no sound or DCC)
EMD GP38-2's in Boston & Maine and Delaware & Hudson

Rapido In Stock:
Steamline Baggage Express Cars - 2  (moveable) doors:
Erie Limited scheme 6 numbers 200 series
Erie Lackawanna Phoebe Snow scheme 6 numbers 200 series
Delaware & Hudson Baggage Express cars 2 different numbers
We have reduced the price on some of the above items based on a new price from the manufacturer.

Lackawanna Phoebe Snow 10-5 Sleepers 1 name left
Erie Lackawanna Phoebe Snow duplex sleeper
Erie Limited sleepers 2 different names
Lackawanna Phoebe Snow baggage cars scheme 3 numbers 2000 series

Coming Soon from Rapido:
Erie Buffet Parlor cars #2997 & #2998
Erie 6-6-4 Sleepers American Liberty, American Unity, American Life & American Way in the Erie Limited scheme green, graygreen & yellow  - make your reservations today-limited supply
 

 Stewart/Bowser
Just Announced:
EMC FTA/B DL&W (Lackawanna) passenger scheme #651 & #654 Ready to Run and Fully Detailed, MU Hoses, Air Hoses, Brass Windshield Wipers, operating headlight with DCC & sound or without DCC or Sound

HO ALCo C-630 Reading #5308 Bee Line scheme pale yellow, dark green, hi-adhesion trucks with or without DCC &/or Sound

Stewart In Stock:
Delaware & Hudson C628 Two Tone Gray & Blue, Gray & Yellow
Lehigh Valley C628  4 numbers each available

Links to our other web sites:
contact us direct at eltrainmaster@copper.net

 
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