The Iron Horse (1966–1968)

1. S01E01Rail Runs WestSeptember 12, 1966—Ben Calhoun sells a herd of horses, uses the proceeds to get into a poker game, and wins the BPS&D railroad. He learns the railroad is broke
2. S01E02The Dynamite DriverSeptember 19, 1966—Calhoun is under contract to deliver a herd of cattle, but a ruthless opponent of his is determined that he not succeed, and dynamites the b
3. S01E03High DevilSeptember 26, 1966—Calhoun's attempts s to acquire a right of way from a said to be merciless woman killer are complicated by the woman's demand for marriage a
4. S01E04Right of Way Through ParadiseOctober 3, 1966—Calhoun's plans to obtain a right of way through the town of Paradise are jeopardized by four Confederate former comrades-in-arms he has hir
5. S01E05The Pride of the Bottom of the BarrelOctober 10, 1966—When starving Apaches leave their reservation in search of food, and encounter a brutal Cavalry commander, Ben seeks a peaceful resolution.
6. S01E06Broken GunOctober 17, 1966—A gunslinger turned traveling salesman seeks revenge against the bushwhacker who crippled his drawing hand.
7. S01E07Cougar ManOctober 24, 1966—Calhoun decides to go into the rugged Apache country hills for a fight to the death against Cougar Man, an Apache who has killed five of Cal
8. S01E08War CloudOctober 31, 1966—Calhoun must transport an Army unit which has captured the renegade Sioux chief War Cloud and is bringing him to stand trial for numerous mu
9. S01E09No Wedding Bells for TonyNovember 7, 1966—Calhoun arrives in a small town to attend the wedding of an old friend. But he can find no trace of the man, and everyone in town just wants
10. S01E10The Man from New ChicagoNovember 14, 1966—After Dave is captured and forced to work in a town of outlaw forced laborers, Calhoun decides to infiltrate it in the hopes of getting him
11. S01E11Explosion at WaycrossingNovember 21, 1966—One of Ben's trains is robbed of $50,000 and the thief is to be hanged for the crime. Deciding the sentence is unjust, Ben goes to extraordi
12. S01E12Through Ticket to GunsightNovember 28, 1966—After a boiler on the train blows, Calhoun offers to refund all the passengers, but a headstrong woman is determined to continue on as plann
13. S01E13Town Full of FearDecember 5, 1966—Ben needs the right of way for his railroad in a near ghost town. But a dark secret is being kept by the last of the citizens and they would
14. S01E14Big DealDecember 12, 1966—Despite Calhoun's best efforts at providing security while a millionaire industrialist and his wife are on the train, a group of outlaws too
15. S01E15A Dozen Ways to Kill a ManDecember 19, 1966—Calhoun learns from Dave and Barnabas that all of the railroad's crew has been lured away by the promise of gold from a nearby mine. Actuall
16. S01E16HellcatDecember 26, 1966—After Calhoun rescues a headstrong young Indian woman from two buffalo hunters who were abusing her, he asks her to be his scout through dan
17. S01E17Welcome for the GeneralJanuary 2, 1967—As Calhoun rides on the train with General Sherman on his tour, Dave, Barnabas, and the entire population of one of the train's stops are ta
18. S01E18The Pembrooke BloodJanuary 9, 1967—Ben Calhoun gets to end of beating line alive, then is invited for a last dinner before being shot. Ben wins his life back in a poker game,
19. S01E19Volcano WagonJanuary 16, 1967—A cave-in traps Nils, another crewman, and a little boy in a tunnel. While Dave and others work to dig them out, Calhoun and Barnabas rush t
20. S01E20The Bridge at Forty-MileJanuary 23, 1967—A man who sold lumber to Calhoun's railroad has disappeared, and his brother thus refuses to unload the lumber unless and until he is found
21. S01E21Shadow RunJanuary 30, 1967—At a stop in town, Calhoun is forced to shoot a man. Unaware of who he is, two men then hire him to kill---Ben Calhoun. Calhoun decides to p
22. S01E22Banner with a Strange DeviceFebruary 6, 1967—While the train is stopped in the town of Banner, where Calhoun is making a major business deal with town founder Big Jim Banner, Barnabas i
23. S01E23Appointment with an EpitaphFebruary 13, 1967—Six people from a stagecoach board Calhoun's train, all in fear for their lives after being followed for miles by a notorious gunman, who al
24. S01E24The Red TornadoFebruary 20, 1967—Calhoun finds an eight-year-old Arapaho boy alive as the only survivor of a battle with the Shoshone. He wants to bring him back to his peop
25. S01E25Decision at SundownFebruary 27, 1967—With Calhoun away, the train is taken over by a group of ruthless outlaws who demand that Dave turn over a large fortune in bonds that is be
26. S01E26The PassengerMarch 6, 1967—Calhoun is under orders from President Grant himself to safely transport Pierre Le Druc, an associate of Mexico's deposed puppet emperor Max
27. S01E27The ExecutionMarch 13, 1967—When Calhoun's railroad is given the contract to haul for a mining company, it effectively puts the owner of the old coach freight line, who
28. S01E28Death by TriangulationMarch 20, 1967—Calhoun wins a high stakes poker game against outlaw gambler Dan Patrick. But Patrick says he does not have the money on him, and offers a b
29. S01E29The Golden WebMarch 27, 1967—Ben Calhoun is forced into a business transaction with conman Preston Webb. When he joins fellow grifter Helen Garth into convincing the loc
30. S01E30Sister DeathApril 3, 1967—Calhoun learns that he is transporting three female prisoners to Kansas City, and that one of them is the only witness against a ruthless mo

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1. S02E01DiabloSeptember 16, 1967—A horse race is actually being used as a plot to defraud the people of Scalplock and in so doing destroy Calhoun's good reputation with them
2. S02E02Consignment, Betsy the BoilerSeptember 23, 1967—Calhoun outbids his old nemesis Sam McGinty in an auction for a new boiler which both men need. But shortly afterward, the boiler is stolen
3. S02E03Gallows for Bill PardewSeptember 30, 1967—Barnabas identifies his coworker and friend Billy Pardew as the killer of a store clerk, though only on the basis of his boots. The obviousl
4. S02E04Five Days to WashtibaOctober 7, 1967—Calhoun's acquisition of a right-of-way for the railroad is threatened when he takes the side of allowing a band of Indians---mostly old peo
5. S02E05The Silver BulletOctober 14, 1967—Bounty hunter McCoy will stop at nothing to capture a murderer. Dave faces a dilemma, knowing the man's location but having promised a woman
6. S02E06Grapes of Grass ValleyOctober 21, 1967—Ben puts himself in the center of a conflict when he decides to help French monks establish a vineyard. But trapper Ike Bridger and his frie
7. S02E07Leopards Try, But Leopards Can'tOctober 28, 1967—A bounty hunter arrives in Scalplock to start a new life. But he becomes interested in Julie and can think of only one option in dealing wit
8. S02E08The Return of Hode AveryNovember 4, 1967—Ben has trouble to deal with when Hode Avery, a bad sort from the war, arrives in Scalplock. Plus rancher Clay Hennings is upset that the ra
9. S02E09Four Guns to ScalplockNovember 11, 1967—Calhoun realizes that four members of an outlaw gang have surreptitiously boarded the train. But he decides to not let them know he is on to
10. S02E10Steel Chain to a Music BoxNovember 18, 1967—Young Frank Wyatt is accidentally shot in a fight with Barnabas, who thought he was behaving improperly with a young woman. Calhoun tries to
11. S02E11Six Hours to Sky HighNovember 25, 1967—The BPS&D's telegrapher plans to assist his three brothers in dynamiting the railroad and robbing the payroll it's carrying, until he learns
12. S02E12T Is for TraitorDecember 2, 1967—Although Calhoun discovers that the man who saved Julie and Barnabas from ambush is a former railroad engineer branded as a traitor during t
13. S02E13Dealer's ChoiceDecember 9, 1967—Ben decides it's payback time when he encounters two card sharps who swindled him out of $10,000 for a worthless hill. Ben takes them on in
14. S02E14Wild TrackDecember 16, 1967—The ownership of a luxurious railway car is disputed so Ben takes possession of it even though it contains passengers. He ruins the plans of
15. S02E15Death Has Two FacesDecember 23, 1967—Calhoun is puzzled as to why two mortal enemies, a man and a woman, are refusing to sell him a right-of-way for the railroad because of a mi
16. S02E16The PrisonersDecember 30, 1967—A dying marshal deputizes Dave (who in turn also deputizes Calhoun) to transport his prisoner to Doan's Junction to be tried for murder. But
17. S02E17Dry Run to GloryJanuary 6, 1968—Victor Lamphier has a grudge against alcoholic Billy Joe, whose father is a rich rancher. Victor hijacks Ben's train to exact his revenge an

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