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Hi gang-


First new "stuff" just in -

Stewart Baldwin AS-616 in Erie (two numbers). This massive "6 

wheeler" was used for really heavy freight haulage.


Branchline Berwick box cars are starting to be released - in stock 

now Ma & Pa, soon to follow Middletown & New Jersey, New Hope & 

Ivyland and others. See list at:

http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/SaleList/HOFreight/HOFreight.htm


IHC Maintenance of Way Old Time cars in DL&W - these thirty footers 

are a must for your old time steam railroad. Same URL.


Last chance for the IHC passenger cars - half price plus buy eight,

get the ninth free.


In our last newsletter, we noted that Halloween was upon us 

and now there's only three/four weeks to Christmas.  We can still get 

you what you want in time for the big fat guy in red to deliver it.

All deliveries are USPS Priority Mail and even with the slight slow up 

of mail in and out of New Jersey, most of our shipments get there in 

two business days. If your wife or girl friend didn't get you the 

trains we suggested, <bold>then it's time for</bold> <bold>YOU TO
ACT</bold>.


http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/SaleList/ForSale1.htm


The Website -


We are growing like crazy and serving more and more

model railroaders and rail fans every day.  To make this exercise 

easier for everyone, we are going to change our web site once again.  

We've had "internal" criticism of the web site design (sometimes 

refered to as "confused").  A proliferation of colors, flashing 

signs, different type fonts, changed details and added pictures 

without any "logical order" just to keep up with our new stock and 

announcing advance reservations.  This happened because of our 

rush to tell you about them, but is refered to by critics as "a 

heck of a mess". 


And now with the assistance of "cold fusion" and one of our internal

critics and professional technical associate (my daughter), a new web

site will be created which will be organized, sortable by scale,
roadname,

type of model, etc., etc. will miraculously appear in the next few
months. 

This will also have an ordering device (similiar to a shopping cart) and
a

secure encripted method of taking credit cards.  We look forward to 
this

being the "state of the art" retail site.  


For our old customers at the store, we are sure you remember the 

first real time, on line retail system for check out we installed in 

1979 with a Datapoint computer.  This was even before ANY retail store 

had this type of system (even the huge Rickels store in our shopping 

center didn't have one).  We expect to regain our fast-forward, leading 

edge look in the near future.  We can give you a peek at the new format 

and <bold>we ask for your comments on where we are going and how you like
it.</bold>  

Remember this is a "dummy" page and doesn't work yet, but will give 

you a flavor of the new design. 


http://www.jordanclan.net/tch/


Thank you again for your continued support and patronage. 


Joe Jordan 

20th Century Hobbies, Inc. 

http://TrainNut.Railfan.net/SaleList/ForSale1.htm
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