Hell On Wheels

[MountainMan]

Hell On Wheels, the new series on television based on the construction of the transcontinental railroad:

Is anyone besides myself watching this with at least one eye firmly fixed on the equipment being used?

[ezdays]

What channel and when?

[Tyson Rayles]

AMC (American Movie Channel) on Dish Network it's channel 130. New episodes are at 10 P.M. on Sunday nights. Actually it's about a Confederate soldier after the war who is hunting down and killing the Yanks that burned his hometown (Meridan, Miss.) to the ground while gang raping and murdering his wife in the process. Some of which it turns out work at a railroad work camp called Hell on Wheels which is a camp that moves as the track gang moves as they build the railroad. Just your typical chick flick romantic comedy in other words. There have been two episodes so far, tonight is number three and the railroad action has been very minimal at best . However it's still interesting in a quirky sort of way.

[MountainMan]

What channel and when?

In Colorado, it's on AMC at 2030 hours MST, Sunday evenings right after The Living Dead.

[ezdays]

Thanks, I'll check it out. I get AMC on DirectTV, and Mike's description kinda rings a bell...

[Tyson Rayles]

I don't know about out west but here in the east the show on just before it is the Walking Dead which is centered in modern day Atlanta. It seems the CDC (Center for disease control) let a virus get loose and it's turning everybody into zombies. Last week it showed our military napalming Atlanta to try to kill them off. The show focus' on a band of surviours living in the rural areas outside of Atlanta trying to figure out what to do next. Just another of your chick flick romantic comedy type shows!

[MountainMan]

AMC (American Movie Channel) on Dish Network it's channel 130. New episodes are at 10 P.M. on Sunday nights. Actually it's about a Confederate soldier after the war who is hunting down and killing the Yanks that burned his hometown (Meridan, Miss.) to the ground while gang raping and murdering his wife in the process. Some of which it turns out work at a railroad work camp called Hell on Wheels which is a camp that moves as the track gang moves as they build the railroad. Just your typical chick flick romantic comedy in other words. There have been two episodes so far, tonight is number three and the railroad action has been very minimal at best . However it's still interesting in a quirky sort of way.

A series about bloody violence, profanity, brutality, racism, sexual predation against women and frequent bloody murder is a...chic flic? On what planet?

Hell On Wheels is to the transcontinental railway as Deadwood was to the gold mining in the Dakotas. Nothing "chic-flicky" about it.

[Steamtrains]

A series about bloody violence, profanity, brutality, racism, sexual predation against women and frequent bloody murder is a...chic flic? On what planet?
Hell On Wheels is to the transcontinental railway as Deadwood was to the gold mining in the Dakotas. Nothing "chic-flicky" about it.

I think it was meant as a "tongue-in-cheek" kind of statement....

[Tyson Rayles]

"I think it was meant as a "tongue-in-cheek" kind of statement.... "

It was, I guess I shoulda put more signs in there. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

[MountainMan]

I strongly suspect CGI, but so far the locomotive shown appears to be a 2-6-0 with the wrong spacing for the driving wheels. Not sure, because we never get a good view of the pilot wheels. The coach, boxcar and caboose seem to be generically correct - certainly the producers have not provided more space inside than is possible based on the outside dimensions, a common Hollywoody failure. The railroad magnate's car is small, dingy, and looks barely comfortable and the Swede's car is spartan in the extreme, about what you might expect from a guy bossing his operation from the front.

I do note, however, that the rails laid at the rail head camp are not ballasted, which would be historically correct.

I do question the constant use of blasting when driving a very shallow cut across relatively flat ground. Probably just for looks and background.

At least it's not another competition or reality show.