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20th Century Hobbies, Inc.

Serving the model railroad community since 1977

   Welcome to the 20th Century Hobbies home page.


We have recently changed our web site ISP and we hope for better consistancy for non interrupted uptime.  We also have changed some of our basic layouts and changed our computer language to a updated version.

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.  We now have only one page of  "What's New!!" These products will be on this page 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 12,500 pictures of the products and only have another 1,000 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.  We have on our "What's New!!" page all the new items available to replace the newsletter:

 

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In Stock Now!!!!

The 2012 calendars for local fallen flag railroads; Central of New Jersey,  New York Central and Susquehanna railroads.  These will not last long, so order yours 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.
 

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-1405 ConRail In Color (1976-1979)
MSB-1406  Tank Cars In Color Vol. 2
MSB-1407 New York Subways in Color Vol. 1
MSB-1408 Steel Mill Railroads in Color, Vol. 2
This is the 2nd book of the series.  Volume 1 was sold out in three months.
MSB-1409  Pennsylvania Railroad Facilities In Color
Volume #13 by Robert J. Yanosey
MSB-1410  Trackside around Binghamton, (NY) In Color has pictures of the Erie Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson and Lehigh Valley
MSB-1411 Cleveland Trolleys In Color
MSB-1412 New Haven Facilities Vol. 1-Boston Divison
 

All Morning Sun Books are $54.95 including USPS Priority Mail Shipping.  MSRP's are $59.95 and $7.00 postage from the publisher.
Make your reservation now with us for Morning Sun Books and save $9.95 (over 15%) from the publishers advance reservation price.
 

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
O Scale at a discount price !!  Limited Stock

Accurail- In Stock Now!
HO Eastern Fallen Flag set of six (6) Covered Hoppers-one each of Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Erie Lackawanna, Louisville & Nashville, Conrail, Reading
HO 40' Wood Reefers (Set of 3) Erie, New York Central &
Nickel Plate Road
HO 40' Wood Refrigerator Car United RefrigeratorTransit Co. Erie URT #27054 built 1925
HO 55 Ton Open Hopper cars - Erie, NKP
HO 41' Gondolas 3 packs DL&W, NKP, B&M, CNJ, NH, & MEC
HO 41' Gondola singles D&H, NYC, PRR & B&M
HO Twin Open Hoppers in a 6 pack in Reading
HO 40' New York Central Pacemaker Box Cars
40' wood Box Car Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
50' Box Car-Lehigh Valley light green
HO USRA Coal Open Hoppers in a 6 pack-Pennsy
HO 50 Ton Open Hopper singles in New York Central
HO 50 Ton Open Hopper in a 6 pack in Santa Fe
HO Wood Reefer in Central Vermont
HO Wood Reefer in New York, Ontario & Western
HO Wood Box Car in Milwaukee Road

Athearn - IN STOCK NOW!
70 Ton open hopper - Reading
PS-2 Covered Hopper-Pennsy
New Haven ALCo RS-3
C&O, NYC, PRR  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!!
Trainmasters with and without DCC and Sound in some of our favorite railroads-Erie Lackawanna, Lackawanna, Central of New Jersey and Reading ( this is a new run)
Atlas Trainman Cupola Cabooses-Erie Lackawanna, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & Hudson River, New Jersey Transit, Susquehanna and New York Central,  Undecorated
2 Bay open hopper- Lackwanna, Delaware & Hudson
EMD GP38 Lehigh Valley with and without sound/DCC
ALCo HH-600 in Central of New Jersey
ALCo C424's Erie Lackawanna wthout sound or DCC 3 different numbers
GP39-2 Delaware & Hudson #7610 & 7618 Lightning Stripe scheme
ALCo RS36 Delaware & Hudson
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
(1 number left) without & (1 number left) 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 (#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
Central of New Jersey & 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
HO ALCo HH660 yard switcher Central of New Jersey & Lackawanna
two different numbers each

Atlas Announced:
Lehigh Valley, Delaware Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, Long Island & Nickel Plate Road-ALCo C420's
Erie Lackawanna box car due in February 2012
 

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 just arrived:
6 different numbers for the 89 foot flat car Metal Frame, 70 ton trucks, metal wheelsets,  #58 Kadee couplers, collapsed and raised center hitch yellow with black lettering
6 different numbers for the 89 foot flat car Metal Frame, 70 ton trucks, metal wheelsets,  #58 Kadee couplers, collapsed and raised center hitch brown with white lettering

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
 
 

Broadway Limited Imports: In stock now !!

The New York Central Streamline Hudson 4-6-4 Dreyfuss in only one  road number left without DCC & Sound with smoke in stock now!

BLI-2119 & BLI-2120 Erie Lackawanna 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) at an amazing price of $152.95

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' Double Door Boxcar-Lehigh Valley
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 great 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 probably can get it for you.

Kadee In Stock:
Coming soon: Erie Lackawanna box car

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:
Delaware & Hudson Wide Vision Cabooses 6 different numbers
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 baggage cars scheme 3 numbers 2000 series

N Scale Erie Lackawanna, Erie  and Lackawanna passenger
coaches from Rapido

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

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