AMC, the cable network that struck gold with the award-winning dramas "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad," has greenlighted a pilot for a new series called "Hell On Wheels," reports B&C.

The show is not about bikers, it’s actually a Western about the building of the transcontinental railroad. E1 Entertainment and Endemol USA will executive produce the pilot, which will begin filming in Alberta, Canada, in August.