Dispatcher Bill Salmond (above) prepares to issue a train order from his office in Calgary, Alberta, which is 650 miles from the British Columbia home of the Western Midland layout, where
MIKE CHANDLER
Rocton operator Anthony Craig (above right) copes a train order from the dispatcher. The HO scale, walk-around Western Midland layout (below) occupies a space approximately 15′-6″×20′-0″.