Mad Men. Breaking Bad. The Walking Dead. You're already a fan of AMC's other award-winning series so it's time to make room for another great piece of television: Hell on Wheels. AMC's latest series -- which premieres on Sun., Nov 6 -- concerns the building of the transcontinental railway. But don't think this is going to be a conventional look at a piece of American history. In fact, the show's creators compare the railroad to "the invention of the silicon chip," and leading man Anson Mount, who plays ex-Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon in the show, calls Hell on Wheels' central event an accomplishment that "every engineer in the world said was impossible." Ready for more?

A Video Crash Course for Hell on Wheels

• The Railway in Hell on Wheels
• The Guns of Hell on Wheels
• The Costumes of Hell on Wheels
• The Trains of Hell on Wheels

Hell on Wheels premieres on Sun., Nov. 6 at 10/9c on AMC.