C&M Subdivision

The Chicago and Milwaukee Subdivision (commonly referred to as the C&M Subdivision or C&M Sub) is a 85.5-mile (137.6 km) railway line running between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is mostly dispatched by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (through its primary United States subsidiary, the Soo Line Railroad) from a CP Rail facility in Minneapolis. From Pacific Junction to Chicago Union Station, it is dispatched by Metra's Consolidated Control Facility. The C&M Subdivision is the primary of CPKC's two northern routes from Chicago. The Union Pacific Railroad operates its Milwaukee Subdivision, a former Chicago & Northwestern Railway line, parallel to the C&M (albeit to the east).

C&M Subdivision
Metra F59PH #99 At Deerfield Station
Overview
StatusActive
OwnerCanadian Pacific Kansas City Limited (north of Rondout, Illinois) Metra (Rondout, Illinois to Chicago Union Station)
LocaleNorthern Chicago metropolitan area, Milwaukee
Termini
Service
TypeCommuter rail, Freight rail
Operator(s)Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, Amtrak, Metra
History
Completed1873
Technical
Line length85.5 mi (137.6 km)
Number of tracks2, 3
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
SignallingCentralized traffic control
Route map

85.7
Milwaukee Intermodal Station
west to Watertown Subdivision
The Milwaukee Electric
Menomonee River
to Muskego Yard
The Milwaukee Electric
Kinnickinnic River
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
78.0
Milwaukee Airport Railroad Station
77.9
Lake
72.0
Oakwood
69.4
Caledonia
61.8
Sturtevant
wye, to Union Pacific Railroad
Hiawatha Connection Line to Trevor (proposed)
57.1
Somers
52.6
Truesdell
Pleasant Prairie
Wisconsin
Illinois
46.5
Russell
42.9
Wadsworth
38.3
Gurnee
MD-N to Fox Lake
North Shore Line
EJE/CN flyover (proposed)
32.3
Rondout (EJE/CN)
28.0
Lake Forest
24.2
Deerfield
22.9
Lake Cook Road
21.1
Northbrook
20.5
Tower A-20
UP Milwaukee Subdivision
18.8
Glen of North Glenview
17.4
Glenview
16.2
Golf
14.3
Morton Grove
11.6
Edgebrook
10.2
Forest Glen
9.0
UP Harvard Subdivision UP-NW
8.9
Mayfair
8.3
UP Cragin Lead
8.2
Grayland
6.4
Healy
5.4
Pacific Junction, Tower A-5
Elgin Subdivision MD-W NCS
2.9
Western Avenue
2.9
Tower A-2
UP Geneva Subdivision UP-W
0.0
Chicago Union Station
NS Chicago Line

From Chicago Union Station to Pacific Junction (Tower A-5), the territory is triple tracked and primarily hosts Amtrak and Metra trains. From Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) to Milwaukee, it is double tracked. Freight trains do not go further south of Pacific Junction (Tower A-5) unless they are reversing to access the Belt Railway of Chicago at Cragin Junction (where the Milwaukee District West Line's Grand/Cicero station is located). This junction is the northernmost point of the Belt Railway.

The line carries Amtrak's Empire Builder and Hiawatha Service, while Metra operates trains on the Milwaukee District North Line between Union Station and Rondout. The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad runs freight services from Janesville, Wisconsin to Chicago WSOR using trackage rights south of Rondout. Canadian Pacific also runs frequent freight trains on this line.

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