Railroads is a train-themed, set collection card game in which players race to match cargo types with stations to collect as many points as possible. The station cards reveal just enough information to let players know how much effort it will take to claim the card (by listing how much track is needed to reach the station). Using engine cards, players create a train, then load it with cargo cards. The first player to claim a station card flips it over to reveal which cargo is needed; if he delivers the right cargo, he scores bonus points. As the game progresses, which stations are left and what possible cargo they will need becomes easier to deduce, resulting in competitive and quick plays toward the end of each game-playing session.