Hell on Wheels is an American drama, broadcasted in the United States and Canada, pertains to the settlement concerning the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, which was referred to as "Hell on Wheels" by the laborers, surveyors, prostitutes, mercenaries, support workers as well as others. Its caste includes Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), acting as a former Confederate soldier who works as a foreman on the railroad for the sake of tracking down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife.