RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION
WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN
Fox Lake Subdivision
FORMERLY Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (The Milwaukee Road)
(Milwaukee Division/Second Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1901
ABS installed 1948
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Sioux and Varsity/1971 (commuter to Walworth until 1982)
DOWNGRADED 1970's-1980's
Last passenger service had been in 1971, eliminated with the formation of Amtrak. Although limited passenger service existed briefly in 2000 and 2001, by an Amtrak train carrying primarily express shipments.
Radio Frequency - 160.575 (AAR Channel 31)
Stations/Milepost Locations
Direction is westward from Fox Lake to Janesville
Distance is from Chicago
49.5 Fox Lake
49.8 CP Connection
53.8 Spring Grove
55.8 Solon Mills
59.9 Belden
63.9 State Line (IL-WI)
67.3 Zenda
73.6 Walworth
82.1 Bardwell (junction-WSOR)
88.8 Avalon
94.5 Wheeler Pit
96.9 UP Crossing
97.6 Delavan Drive
98.5 Janesville
1 track, Track Warrants in use.
Track diagram as the line existed during the 1950's into the 1970's, when the line still had commuter trains, and was equipped with automatic block signals.
Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.
Past and present towers and interlockings.