by David Krell | Sep 25, 2013 | David Krell
Sierra Railway #3 began life at the Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works in Paterson, New Jersey as #4493. Rogers finished constructing the locomotive on March 26, 1891 for the Prescott & Arizona Central Railway where it received the #3 designation. “Because...
by David Krell | Sep 24, 2013 | David Krell
After CBS canceled Petticoat Junction in 1970, the Hoyt Hotel took the Emma Sweeny for permanent display. Its tenure in Portland was short-lived, however. The Hoyt Hotel went bankrupt in 1972, prompting a sale to businessman Sam Gordon. Gordon used the Emma Sweeny...
by David Krell | Sep 23, 2013 | David Krell
The Emma Sweeny played the Hooterville Cannonball in Petticoat Junction studio scenes shot at General Service Studios, now known as Hollywood Center Studios. Frequently, these scenes featured characters boarding or getting off the Hooterville Cannonball in front of...
by David Krell | Sep 22, 2013 | David Krell
Fifty years ago this week, America’s love affair with trains began a weekly trek of climbing aboard the Hooterville Cannonball train and rolling down the tracks to the junction. Petticoat Junction. Paul Henning created Petticoat Junction along with The Beverly...
by David Krell | Jul 17, 2013 | David Krell
If music be the food of 1960s television sitcoms, play on. In the 1960s, the Beatles captained a British invasion across the Atlantic Ocean. John, Paul, George, and Ringo inspired sitcom versions of themselves after their first American television appearance on The...