# Fox Lake Subdivision

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Railway line in Illinois

Fox Lake Subdivision Overview Owner Metra (Wisconsin & Southern Railroad beyond Fox Lake) 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 Legend WSOR to Janesville 49.4 mi 79.5 km Fox Lake 47.8 mi 76.9 km Ingleside 47.0 mi 75.6 km Wilson Road closed 46.1 mi 74.2 km Long Lake 44.2 mi 71.1 km Round Lake CN to Fond du Lac 41.0 mi 66 km Grayslake 39.8 mi 64.1 km Prairie Crossing CN to Chicago 35.5 mi 57.1 km Libertyville Des Plaines River Chicago River (north branch) CPKC to Milwaukee North Shore Bike Path 32.3 mi 52 km Rondout closed CPKC to Chicago This diagram: view talk edit

The **Fox Lake Subdivision** is a railway line in the state of [Illinois](/source/Illinois) in the United States. It runs 17.5 miles (28.2 km) from a junction with the [C&M Subdivision](/source/C%26M_Subdivision) of the [CPKC Railway](/source/Canadian_Pacific_Kansas_City) at [Rondout, Illinois](/source/Rondout%2C_Illinois), to a junction with the [Wisconsin and Southern Railroad](/source/Wisconsin_and_Southern_Railroad) at [Fox Lake, Illinois](/source/Fox_Lake%2C_Illinois). [Metra](/source/Metra), the commuter rail authority for the [Chicago](/source/Chicago) area, owns and operates the line. The line hosts [Milwaukee District North Line](/source/Milwaukee_District_North_Line) commuter trains.[1] The entire line is single tracked, with the exception of a [passing siding](/source/Passing_loop) at [Grayslake](/source/Grayslake_station). The line is part of the former [Milwaukee Road](/source/Milwaukee_Road) route between Chicago and [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin). The [Wisconsin & Southern](/source/Wisconsin_%26_Southern) owns the portion between Fox Lake and [Janesville, Wisconsin](/source/Janesville%2C_Wisconsin), and has [trackage rights](/source/Trackage_rights) over the Metra portion.[2] The tracks north of Metra's Fox Lake station host exclusively freight traffic.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Illinois State Rail Plan"](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) (PDF). [Illinois Department of Transportation](/source/Illinois_Department_of_Transportation). 2012. pp. 4–16. Archived from [the original](https://idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Transportation-System/Reports/OP%26P/Plans/Illinois%20State%20Rail%20Plan%202012.pdf) (PDF) on September 13, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Glischinski, Steve (October 2005). "Wisconsin & Southern at 25". *[Trains](/source/Trains_(magazine))*. Vol. 65, no. 10. pp. 41–43. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0041-0934](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0041-0934).

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