1. Does anyone have any diagrams of Henry where the three lines crossed? A page on arcadiami.com shows the locations of the lines, but has no detail of Henry.
2. Was there any rail interchange at this junction between any of the three lines?
3. Did the M&NE reach Henry from two different locations on the main? Aerial imagery suggests that it did. Mr. Meints data only indicates the route connecting just SW of Copemish.
The imagery below shows the junction of the Manistee & Northeastern Betsey River Branch, the Pere Marquette, and the Arcadia and Betsey River.
2015 imagery with rail lines added by me. The green lines are boundaries of state owned land as annotated by Google Earth. Sorry, I forgot to turn that off. The heavy purple line from the east is where the M&BR Betsey River Branch is commonly believe to connect to the M&BR main a mile SW of Copemish. The lighter purple line from the south-east is an apparent grade that runs to just NE of Lemon Lake where the M&NE main crossed 13 mile road.
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In 1995 imagery, grades are clearly visible heading east and south-east toward the M&NE main. For those who want to explore Google Earth, the coordinates for Henry are
44° 28.312'N 85° 59.188'W.
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