Port of Milwaukee this can vary due to weather. Port of Milwaukee handled 2.4 million metric tons of cargo through its municipal port in 2014. Commodities handled include salt, steel, limestone, general cargoes, over-dimensional cargoes, grain, fertilizers, biodiesel, and ethanol. A wind turbine, funded by a federal grant, was installed in 2012 and is used to power the port's administration building, with the turbine providing electricity for the building itself as well as revenue from surplus generation. The port is also home to the Lake Express ferry, which offers service from Milwaukee to Muskegon, Michigan. It is also home to Sector Lake Michigan
Fox Lake station Fox Lake station Fox Lake is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/North Line in Fox Lake, Illinois. The station is located on Nippersink Boulevard at Grand Avenue (IL 132), is away from Union Station, the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and Fox Lake, Illinois. The station is the northern terminus of the Milwaukee District/North Line. Until 1982 commuter trains continued to Walworth, Wisconsin and until the creation of Amtrak in 1971, inter-city trains like the "Varsity" and the "Sioux", both operated by the Milwaukee Road, connected Fox Lake with Janesville, Madison, and Rapid City.