The Hooterville Cannonball

Conductor Earl posted:

I recall a couple of episodes of Petticoat Junction where the mean brass from the railroad wanted to shut down the branch.  If I recall it seemed to have images of the Santa Fe as the mother road. I used to watch the show just to see the scenes that involved the locomotive.....yes, I was a railroad geek!..... even then.

Yep, as a kid, Petticoat Junction was one of my favorite TV shows, because of the train. The Beverly Hillbillies was another favorite. I liked Jethro's truck! I've liked old cars and old trains since I was born.   LOL 

John23 posted:

Ah, Casey Jones!  I remember that show!  Wonder if it's available on DVD?

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Steamer posted:

John23 posted:

Ah, Casey Jones!  I remember that show!  Wonder if it's available on DVD?

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Thanks!!!  I just bid on it!  

So long as the three girls come with it, I'm in. They could tie in Green Acres, too.

RoyBoy posted:

Wasn't the same Sierra loco used in "the adventures of Casey Jones" starring Alan Hale Junior?

Yep.  

Some early episodes also used the real RGS #20.

Rusty

p51 posted:

 

Larry Jensen's book on movie railroads talks about this and several other movie subjects, even though it's slightly outdated now:

It's still a great reference book.

There was supposed to be a follow-up book about the TV Railroads, but it never materialized.

Rusty

You can watch Casey Jones on You Tube. Must be a a little before my time I don't remember it.

https://youtu.be/XQDpN_EFozk?list=PL60F235D9707134CF

franktrain

Dave Warburton posted:

So long as the three girls come with it, ...

better make your third wish a time machine.
the 'girls' would now be in their early 70's.

good luck with that...gary

ah yes....time marches on...

franktrain posted:

You can watch Casey Jones on You Tube. Must be a a little before my time I don't remember it.

https://youtu.be/XQDpN_EFozk?list=PL60F235D9707134CF

franktrain

I never heard of it, and at least 85% of what I watch is stuff from the early '70s back. And I've been a fan of Alan Hale (and his Dad) forever.

Rivarossi made a 10 wheeler O scale kit in plastic a few decades back, you can still find them now and then on places like EBay.

Some are motorized, some were not. The motorized were designed for 2 rail O scale with a DC motor. I have one I built from the kit a very long time ago, it doesn't have the ability to move much 2 freight cars or a passenger car is about all the traction it has when running on tin plate O gauge. It does acceptably well on tin plate track that does not have grades, switches or crossovers.

Bogie

OldBogie posted:

Rivarossi made a 10 wheeler O scale kit in plastic a few decades back, you can still find them now and then on places like EBay.

Some are motorized, some were not. The motorized were designed for 2 rail O scale with a DC motor. I have one I built from the kit a very long time ago, it doesn't have the ability to move much 2 freight cars or a passenger car is about all the traction it has when running on tin plate O gauge. It does acceptably well on tin plate track that does not have grades, switches or crossovers.

 

Bogie

I got this one not long ago.....intend to rebuild it.....

Seaboardm2, if you visit the Sierra Railroad and go into the engine house  you will see all kinds of stacks to change the look of the engines for movies. Back to the Future was shot all around the area. I think they shot all the Back to the Futures films at the same time. At one time the railroad made much of their income from the movie business. Don

Probably the first love of trains I experienced was watching Casey Jones and the Cannonball Express, played by Alan Hale Jr and Sierra #3. I have all of the episodes on DVD.

If you think the operating water tank is a boring accessory, how about one that has these three beauties pop up when activated!

Steamer posted:

ah yes....time marches on...

 

Yes, time marches on, but I have reached the age where I can still see the beauty in these women. . .

I can too, and I'm a little younger than they are. I had a crush on one of them, maybe that's why I married a redhead.

Gentlemen,

    If you happen to be a Alan Hale fan, you can see one of his greatest acting roles in, Desperate Journey, starring along side Errol Flynn & Ronald Reagan.  Alan Hale steals most of the show, with his off the cuff humor role acting, in a very intense film, some of the very best character acting ever filmed, a 1942 classic.  President Reagan's favorite film.

Take the time to watch some of the singing Christmas episode, as the Christmas lighted Hooverville Train, runs down the tracks, it's what I meant by the real announcements for the Hooverville Train.   It would rival the Santa Express big time.

PCRR/Dave

Dave, Alan Hale, is the father of Alan Hale Jr...the Skipper on Gilligan's Island.

my personal Alan Hale Sr movies are Destination Tokyo,Robin Hood,and Desperate Journey.

Steamer posted:

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

Rusty,

   They would definitely need to make it right for me to want it!   The girls voices and all as part of the announcements, would be way cool!  World famous uncle in the cab, his voice also, as part of the announcements.

PCRR/Dave

and the water tower!!

I always like the one in the middle. They're all grandmas and probable great grandmas now.

palallin posted:

Steamer posted:

ah yes....time marches on...

 

Yes, time marches on, but I have reached the age where I can still see the beauty in these women. . .

Still like the one in the middle.....okay on the right too.

PALALLIN,

    You know me buddy, I am definitely into the beautiful Train Ladies, they know how to make the big wheels Spin! I 

Steamer,

   Yes I do realize that and was pointing out where Jr's talent came from, did not mean to mislead! Sorry if I did.  Alan Hale was a darn good actor, Robin Hood was decent but not the acting part, as in Desperate Journey.  Destination Tokyo was darn good part for him also.  Jr was a fine actor also but the parts in his era were just not there for his talents.  

PCRR/Dave

Gentlemen,

    Lets hope the ladies passed down their beauty to their Daughters and Granddaughters, beauty like theirs, should be passed down thru the ages.  I agree at my age I still see them all, as beautiful ladies, who I will always remember as the incredible young Hooterville girls, water tower and all.

PCRR/Dave

scale rail posted:

Seaboardm2, if you visit the Sierra Railroad and go into the engine house  you will see all kinds of stacks to change the look of the engines for movies. Back to the Future was shot all around the area. I think they shot all the Back to the Futures films at the same time. At one time the railroad made much of their income from the movie business. Don

Well that locmotive was used a lot in t.v.The sierra railroad has many locomotive used by hollywood.I recall a t.v. show called centennial the steam locomotives used were from sierra railroad.I was a kid at the time.

From the useless information department:  Jeannine Riley played the original Billie Jo Bradley-she was replaced by Gunilla Hutton who, in turn, was replaced by Meredith MacRae.  Lori Saunders played the original Bobbie Jo Bradley (I always thought she was the cutest)-she was replaced by Pat Woodell.  Linda Kay Henning played Betty Jo Bradley for the whole run of Petticoat Junction.  

This show represented somewhat of a "Utopia" for many people of that era.  It evoked a place and time that almost everyone wished they could actually be part of because of its simplicity and totally laid-back atmosphere.  Of course, we all knew it wasn't real (didn't we ?)

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

PALALLIN,

    You know me buddy, I am definitely into the beautiful Train Ladies, they know how to make the big wheels Spin! I 

 

I've seen many railroad pin-up girls, but ..... there is something that keeps drawing me back to her. Good post, Pine Creek.

Maybe, it's the socks.

Finally managed to pick-up my ten-wheeler. Now to get it repainted.

Uncle Joe was very similar to my Grandfather, but the girls all made me watch for sure.

I would definitely add a water tank if the 3 girls came with it.

Steamer posted:

ah yes....time marches on...

 

Are those 'Depends' draped over the edge of the water tower?  

SJS

Yes, but in the show they were petticoats draped over the edge. Hence the name Petticoat Junction.

Hooterville is my happy place

As a five-year-old, "Petticoat Junction" can be attributed as the source of my railroad addiction.   I just LIVED to hear that whistle kick off the show and see the opening railroad footage.  Santa brought me a Lionel set the following Christmas.  The show was good clean fun, too.  Every TV comedy these days is sex-based and/or preaching some sort of social agenda.       A great show!!!

Several years ago I downloaded these pictures off this forum.  Forgot who posted them, but they fit this topic.

There was one taken from a higher angle that showed the detail inside the tank, but couldn't find it. 

This one was for sale at York many years back.  Had the ladies swimming.

I know Linda Kay Henning is still doing community theater in California, and I've seen her on you tube doing the shows where people see the stars of past tv shows. She was married to Mike Minor, the crop duster pilot, on and off the show. After the show ended they divorced five years later. Mike Minor died in 2016. Good singing voice he had, too bad he never made it big.

Steamer posted:

Dave, Alan Hale, is the father of Alan Hale Jr...the Skipper on Gilligan's Island.

my personal Alan Hale Sr movies are Destination Tokyo,Robin Hood,and Desperate Journey.

 

I always hear about father and son looking alike.But in this chase they are right.I think I seen that movie your talking about.A very fine actor.Oh he was in a movie called hang em high with clint eastwood.

Matt01 posted:

Pine Creek Railroad posted:

PALALLIN,

    You know me buddy, I am definitely into the beautiful Train Ladies, they know how to make the big wheels Spin! I 

 

I've seen many railroad pin-up girls, but ..... there is something that keeps drawing me back to her. Good post, Pine Creek.

Maybe, it's the socks.

Well she has a fine caboose thats for sure.

RadioRon posted:

As a five-year-old, "Petticoat Junction" can be attributed as the source of my railroad addiction.........A great show!!!

I love the show, especially the early black/white episodes.  I feel it's the reason I love the "old-time" steam locomotives and handcars.

The resurrection of this thread was well timed for me. I'm currently working my way through the first season of "Petticoat Junction" on DVD. That season was heavy on train-oriented episodes compared to later seasons.

Add me to the list of folks who would love to see Sierra No. 3 modeled, especially as the Hooterville Cannonball variation, in diecast O gauge. The shorty combine in plastic, too.

Williams by Bachmann's Baldwin 10-wheeler isn't a bad substitute.

Actually the Williams version would need a lot of modifying in order to make it look like Sierra #3. Plus the bell and the sand dome are in the wrong place, so you would need to cut them off and replace them. If you want to go cheaper, I would recommend getting the American Circus Train Ten-Wheeler by MTH. It has the right shape and design as the Cannonball and it has a mural on the lamp, so you don't need to make the mural from the show. It already has number 3 on it's number plate on the smokebox door and the steam dome like in the show. Really the only thing that would need to be done is adding the green and gold paint, painting the boiler black, and the decals for Hooterville Cannonball and C & FW Railroad. I picked one up, and it works and sound beautiful.