Each players has a locomotive which journeys to destinations across the United States seeking to buy the most valuable commodities. The game ends when ten trips have been completed by one of the players. The winner is the player who obtained commodities having the highest total value. The game components include the box, a game board depicting an "accurate, up-to-date" map of the United States and its chief railway lines, a set of four wooden discs representing locomotives, two "indicators" (spinners) marked 1-12, and a set of cards bearing the names of states, cities, commodities and their prices.