Kate Jackson makes tracks in Europe

Title: Kate Jackson Makes Tracks in Europe
Source: CBS Press Release
Author: CBS
Date: August 6, 1984

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Hollywood film crews are used to jetting all over the world to do their work, but actress Kate Jackson was startled recently when she learned how rare it is for them to travel by railroad.

Miss Jackson’s popular series, “Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” which starts its second season in the fall, for broadcast Mondays (8:00-9:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, filmed five new episodes on location in Europe this summer. Upon finishing a segment based in Munich, West Germany, the company was booked for a two-hour train-ride to Salzburg, Austria, the location for the next episode.

Miss Jackson overheard a crew member express excitement at the prospect of traveling by train — he said the longest train trip he had ever made was “from Brooklyn to Manhatten,” in New York. So, the slender, 5′91/2” tall actress began to ask around, and discovered that at least half of the much-traveled crew were railroad novices. She decided, therefore, that the trip to Salzburg should be an event.

So, when the train pulled out of Munich, the crew, the producers, co-star Bruce Boxleitner and guest star Jean Stapleton were delighted to find that they were guests of Kate Jackson at a “Welcome to the Railroad” party — complete with elegant hors d’oeuvres.

The energetic Miss Jackson popped in and out of the train’s compartments, proudly wearing a St. Louis Cardinals’ baseball cap. “Actually,” she said, “I became a Cardinal fan because they have the prettiest caps!”

By the time the train had negotiated the Alpine calleys of Bavaria to reach the enchanting old city of Salzburg, Jackson knew her party had been a success.

The clincher: she heard one crew member ask whether the company could take a train home to Los Angeles, rather than fly.