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Thank you for your support of the Company Store the past twelve months. During the past few months, you might of notice that “new” products are being listed in the Company Store. These products were actually sitting on the Company Store shelves for over a year or more and for unknown reasons were never listed for sale. We have begun to list these products for sale in the Company Store. We are going thru one category at a time. We…

With the recent passing of long time Company Store volunteer Wally Perlick, the Company Store needs some additional help. The Company Store is located at Union, IL on the Illinois Railroad Museum grounds. We are housed in the same building as the CNWHS Archives. We nornally meet at Union on Tuesdays around 9 am and work fulfilling and mailing online orders. You don’t have to commit to volunteering every Tuesday. If you can only volunteer once or twice a month,…

The closure will allow fellow volunteers to attend the visitation and services for Walter Hermann Perlick. Therefore, Company Store orders placed between November 14th thru November 25th will not be processed and shipped from the Company Store until Tuesday, Novemeber 26th. We apologize for any hardships this may cause and thank our customers for their support and understanding.

Walter was born April 23, 1942, passed away November, 10, 2024. He is survived by his wife Mary, sister Marlene Rockel, nephews Carl (Laura) Rockel and Jeffrey (Vickie), and niece Laura (Kurt) Lichtenvoort and their children. He was much beloved by Mary’s siblings, Virginia (dec’d), Pauline, Anne and Paul (dec’d), and nieces and nephews. A proud graduate of St. Luke School and Luther North High School, he cherished the life-long friends he made there. He spent his forty-one year career…