Hell on Wheels (2011)

TV-14

Action & Adventure
Drama
Western

All roads lead to hell.

Overview

The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.

Tony GaytonCreator
Joe GaytonCreator

StatusEnded

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

Network

Seasons

Specials

2012 | 29 Episodes

Specials of Hell on Wheels premiered on July 19, 2012

Season 1

2011 | 10 Episodes

Season 1 of Hell on Wheels premiered on November 6, 2011

Season 2

2012 | 10 Episodes

Season 2 of Hell on Wheels premiered on August 12, 2012

Season 3

2013 | 10 Episodes

Season 3 of Hell on Wheels premiered on August 10, 2013

Season 4

2014 | 13 Episodes

Season 4 of Hell on Wheels premiered on August 2, 2014

With Thomas "Doc" Durant back in control of the Union Pacific Railroad, civilization makes its way west to Cheyenne, Wyoming - the "Magic City of the Plains." Conflict between the government, ranchers, homesteaders, and the railroad arises as they compete for control of this newborn city that quickly became the most important railroad hub in the United States.

Season 5

2015 | 14 Episodes

Season 5 of Hell on Wheels premiered on July 18, 2015

Cullen Bohannon finds himself a stranger in a strange land: Truckee, California. Home to the headquarters of the Central Pacific railroad, this rough mountain railroad town teems with thousands of Chinese workers who are foreign in language, culture and traditions. While grappling with the challenges of corralling his new workforce, Cullen leads the Central Pacific’s herculean effort to tunnel through the Sierra Nevada mountains, sometimes achieving only inches a day in the race to complete America’s first Transcontinental Railroad.