it IS awesome......... i watched the whole first season on DVD and was all into it......then i just got left hangin.... i dont watch much TV but cant wait to catch up on whats going on on this......... and yeah.......the whole story of the transcontinental railroad is pretty epic i made a thread on here a while back i think about stephen ambrose's book "nothing like it in the world" absolutely awesome story (nonfiction) of how they did it....recommend it to anyone