Hell on Wheels

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.

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Joe Gayton

creator

Tony Gayton

creator

Cast

Anson Mount

Cullen Bohannan

Total episodes: 57

Colm Meaney

Thomas 'Doc' Durant

Total episodes: 57

Robin McLeavy

Eva

Total episodes: 57

Christopher Heyerdahl

The Swede

Total episodes: 57

Phil Burke

Mickey McGinnes

Total episodes: 57

Common

Elam Ferguson

Total episodes: 43

Dohn Norwood

Psalms

Total episodes: 43

Kasha Kropinski

Ruth Cole

Total episodes: 36

Ben Esler

Sean McGinnes

Total episodes: 30

Jennifer Ferrin

Louise Ellison

Total episodes: 23

Dominique McElligott

Lily Bell

Total episodes: 20

Tom Noonan

Reverend Cole

Total episodes: 20

Anson Mount

Cullen Bohannan

Total episodes: 57

Colm Meaney

Thomas 'Doc' Durant

Total episodes: 57

Robin McLeavy

Eva

Total episodes: 57

Christopher Heyerdahl

The Swede

Total episodes: 57

Phil Burke

Mickey McGinnes

Total episodes: 57

Common

Elam Ferguson

Total episodes: 43

Dohn Norwood

Psalms

Total episodes: 43

Kasha Kropinski

Ruth Cole

Total episodes: 36

Ben Esler

Sean McGinnes

Total episodes: 30

Jennifer Ferrin

Louise Ellison

Total episodes: 23

Dominique McElligott

Lily Bell

Total episodes: 20

Tom Noonan

Reverend Cole

Total episodes: 20

Extra

Release Date

November 6, 2011

Last air Date

July 23, 2016

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

Available On

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seasons

Season 5

Aired on: 2015 | 14 Episodes

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.