Hell on Wheels Season 5: Volume 1 is out

Hell on Wheels looks at the institutionalized greed and corruption behind the building of the Transcontinental Railroad as the race between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific intensifies.

In Season 5, Volume 1 of Hell on Wheels, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) finds himself a stranger in a strange land – the mountain town of Truckee, California, home to the Central Pacific Railroad. This rough railroad town teems with thousands of Chinese workers, foreign in language, culture and traditions. Despite the challenges of corralling his new workforce, Cullen leads the Herculean effort to tunnel through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, sometimes achieving only inches a day in the race to complete the first Transcontinental Railroad.

The 2-disc season includes all 7 episodes as well as a trainload of fan extras including:

• A Look at Season 5
• How the Chinese Built America
• Set Tour with Anson Mount
• Inside The Episodes