Fox Lake Subdivision

Fox Lake Subdivision
Fox Lake Subdivision
Overview
Owner	Metra
Termini	Rondout; Fox Lake;
Stations	7
Service
Services	Milwaukee District North Line
Technical
Line length	17.5 mi (28.2 km)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	49.4 mi
	79.5 km
	47.8 mi
	76.9 km
	47.0 mi
	75.6 km
	Wilson Road
	closed
	46.1 mi
	74.2 km
	44.2 mi
	71.1 km
	41.0 mi
	66 km
	39.8 mi
	64.1 km
	35.5 mi
	57.1 km
	32.3 mi
	52 km
	Rondout
	closed
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The Fox Lake Subdivision is a railway line in the state of Illinois in the United States. It runs 17.5 miles (28.2 km) from a junction with the C&M Subdivision of the CPKC Railway at Rondout, Illinois, to a junction with the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad at Fox Lake, Illinois. Metra, the commuter rail authority for the Chicago area, owns and operates the line. The line hosts Milwaukee District North Line commuter trains.^[1] The entire line is single tracked, with the exception of a passing siding at Grayslake. The line is part of the former Milwaukee Road route between Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin & Southern owns the portion between Fox Lake and Janesville, Wisconsin, and has trackage rights over the Metra portion.^[2] The tracks north of Metra's Fox Lake station host exclusively freight traffic.

^ "Illinois State Rail Plan" (PDF). Illinois Department of Transportation. 2012. pp. 4–16.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Glischinski, Steve (October 2005). "Wisconsin & Southern at 25". Trains. Vol. 65, no. 10. pp. 41–43. ISSN 0041-0934.