SS Milwaukee the Great Lakes" in 1968. As a result of the loss of the SS "Milwaukee", the Grand Trunk needed a new train ferry. The replacement was the , launched November 25, 1930. The replacement vessel is now a museum ship and National Historic Landmark. In April 1972, the wreck was located in Lake Michigan, seven miles northeast of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, three miles offshore (on a line between Milwaukee and Grand Haven), at , in of water. In March 2006, the History Channel television program "Deep Sea Detectives" premiered an episode entitled "Train Wreck in Lake Michigan", which profiled the loss
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.