Fox Lake Subdivision

{{Short description|Railway line in Illinois}} {{Infobox rail line | box_width = | name = Fox Lake Subdivision | other_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | color = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image = | image_width = | image_alt = | caption = | type = | system = | status = | locale = | start = [[Rondout station (Illinois)|Rondout]] | end = [[Fox Lake station|Fox Lake]] | stations = 7 | routes = [[Milwaukee District North Line]] | daily_ridership = | ridership2 = | planopen =  | open =  | yearcommenced =  | yearcompleted =  | close =  | event1label = | event1 = | event2label = | event2 = | event3label = | event3 = | owner = [[Metra]] ([[Wisconsin & Southern Railroad]] beyond Fox Lake) | operator = | character = | depot = | stock = | linelength_km = | linelength_mi = 17.5 | linelength = | tracklength_km = | tracklength_mi = | tracklength = | tracks = 1 | gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}} | old_gauge = | load_gauge = | minradius = | racksystem = | routenumber = | linenumber = | electrification = | speed_km/h = | speed_mph = | speed = | signalling = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation = | website = | map = {{Fox Lake Subdivision}} | map_name = Route map | map_state = uncollapsed | embedded = }} The '''Fox Lake Subdivision''' is a railway line in the state of [[Illinois]] in the United States. It runs {{convert|17.5|mi}} from a junction with the [[C&M Subdivision]] of the [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City|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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Illinois State Rail Plan | date=2012 | url=https://idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Transportation-System/Reports/OP%26P/Plans/Illinois%20State%20Rail%20Plan%202012.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913071656/http://www.idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Transportation-System/Reports/OP%26P/Plans/Illinois%20State%20Rail%20Plan%202012.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 13, 2015 | publisher=[[Illinois Department of Transportation]] | pages=4–16 | access-date=August 29, 2021 }}</ref> The entire line is single tracked, with the exception of a [[Passing loop|passing siding]] at [[Grayslake station|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.<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Wisconsin & Southern at 25 | last=Glischinski | first=Steve | date=October 2005 | magazine=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]] | volume=65 | issue=10 | pages=41–43 | issn=0041-0934}}</ref> The tracks north of Metra's Fox Lake station host exclusively freight traffic.

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[[Category:Metra]] [[Category:Rail lines in Illinois]]