An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe manifest freight encircles Big 10 Curve east of Clay, Colorado, on the beautiful afternoon of May 13, 1998. BNSF C44-9W No. 1112 leads the colorful consist, with trailing power of a Santa Fe GE C40-8W bracketed by Burlington Northern SD40-2s, along with an added blue SD40-2 from EMD’s lease fleet. The city of Denver and the sprawling northwestern suburbs can be seen in the background.
