Hell on Wheels: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hell on Wheels is an American Western television series about the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States. The series follows the Union Pacific Railroad and its surveyors, laborers, prostitutes, mercenaries, and others who lived, worked and died in the mobile encampment called "Hell on Wheels" that followed the railhead west across the Great Plains. In particular, the story focuses on Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier who, while working as foreman and chief engineer on the railroad, initially attempts to track down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife and young son during the American Civil War.

Series details

• Title: Hell on Wheels
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action, Western
• Premiere date: 2011-11-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-07-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: AMC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 74

Cast and credited roles

• Anson Mount — Cullen Bohannon
• Colm Meaney — Thomas "Doc" Durant
• Phil Burke — Mickey McGinnes
• Robin McLeavy — Eva
• Common — Elam Ferguson
• Ben Esler — Sean McGinnes
• Christopher Heyerdahl — Thor Gunderson / The Swede
• Dohn Norwood — Psalms
• Kasha Kropinski — Ruth
• Dominique McElligott — Lily Bell
• Eddie Spears — Joseph Black Moon
• Tom Noonan — Reverend Nathaniel Cole

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-11-06; final listed air date 2012-01-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-08-12; final listed air date 2012-10-07; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-08-10; final listed air date 2013-10-05; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-08-02; final listed air date 2014-11-22; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 2015-07-18; final listed air date 2016-07-23; episode order: 14.

Source and licence

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