Petticoat Junction — Season 1, Episode 1: Spur Line to Shady Rest
Comedy, Family • 25 min • 7 seasons, 222 episodes • ★ 5.8/10
Episode synopsis
Homer Bedloe, trouble-shooter for the C&F W Railroad, is sent by railroad president Norman P. Curtis to the little community of Hooterville to find out why a branch line doesn't connect with the main line. The branch line carries the "Cannonball" train, and is vital to the Shady Rest Hotel, run by Kate Bradley, her three grown daughters and "Uncle Joe" Carson. If Bedloe succeeds in shutting down the Cannonball, Kate faces ruin. John Ashley appears as passenger Fred.
About Petticoat Junction
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2Quick, Hide the Railroad
- E3The President Who Came to Dinner
- E4Is There a Doctor in the Roundhouse?
- E5The Courtship of Floyd Smoot
- E6Please Buy My Violets
- E7The Ringer
- E8Kate's Recipe for Hot Rhubarb
- E9The Little Train Robbery
- E10Bedloe Strikes Again
- E11Uncle Joe's Replacement
- E12Honeymoon Hotel
- E13A Night at the Hooterville Hilton