Petticoat Junction - S01E21 – The Very Old Antique

Episode Plot: When Kate unexpectedly sees Homer Bedloe in Hooterville, she knows trouble is in store. Because of the continual problems he has faced trying to scrap the Cannonball, Bedloe states he has given up on that idea. Instead, he plans on selling the Cannonball - a seeming one-of-a-kind antique locomotive - and he has a buyer on hand. He is millionaire retired trainman and antique train aficionado, Phillip Waterhouse. Waterhouse, who comes with his personal secretary Cassidy, is an old, ornery and snobbish man who generally gets what he wants. Bedloe plans on giving Waterhouse a test run on the train. Instead, Kate manages to be Waterhouse's fellow passenger, leaving Bedloe behind in Hooterville. With Charley and Floyd's help, Kate hopes she can convince Waterhouse that the train is in such disrepair that it's not worth buying. But by the time they arrive at the Shady Rest, Kate learns Waterhouse's true motivation in wanting to buy the train, which was not as she expected. She hopes that with the family's help, she can get through to Waterhouse the necessity of the train to the valley, which may not be an easy task seeing that Waterhouse is not the type of man to listen to anyone's opinion except his own.
Series Plot: The misadventures of the family staff of The Shady Rest Hotel and their neighbours of Hooterville.
Stars: Bea Benaderet as Kate Bradley, Linda Henning as Betty Jo Bradley, Pat Woodell as Bobbie Jo Bradley, Jeannine Riley Billie Jo Bradley & Edgar Buchanan as Uncle Joe Carson