The Rule 281 series,
Your guide to realistic signaling and operations.
Volume 1 - CTC Machine Operation
Running time 42 minutes Color NTSC
Now lets be clear. I am an amateur modeller and downright uninformed when it comes to "How a railroad runs". That's no secret and it is my path to knowledge that drives me to write for this site. This DVD solved for me an entire facet of how signaling grew from a primitive system to an advanced traffic control system. More then that, I see how it applies to my railroad.
Read more: CTC Machine Operation, Control Train Components (DVD)
When looking back on "the time you got hooked on the hobby", one often remembers an article, mentor or clinic that was the moment. I have to say these DVD's hooked my neighbor. And they hooked him good. I am completely amazed by them too. Who'd have thunk it, Jim a model railroader.
But that's what happened and I can not get rid of him now. Thanks Joe, this is supposed to be a solitary hobby, isn't it? Well, the guys at the Club liked it, Jim liked it - heck me and the Boy watched it a few times. Now, I am not one of those replay junkies. I get bored quick, but Joe's DVDs really get ya. Each project I have done in the last two months has given me a reason to watch a clip or two. The dirt roads, zip texturing ingredients, right down to "what was that website ?"...
This is a great video that will teach you how to use pigments (aka: weathering products) in a very, very complete way. No Airbrushes just a plain brush and Mig products.
One of the things I like to have while watching a Model Railroad Tutorial are moments of epiphany like “Now why didn’t I think of that,” “Oh, so that’s how you do it,” and finally “You got some nifty looking jigs dude…” . I experienced plenty of those moments while watching Jeff Johnson’s “Steam Loco Weathering Clinic” DVD. 
