The table below lists the 84 non-locomotive cards included with the Game of Trains. The abilities for cards 1 through 48 are in a simple periodic pattern, the card numbers displayed here on a green background. Cards 49 through 84 are not quite periodic, displayed mostly on blue with outliers on red.

ability	card number														picture
two spaces right	1	9	17	25	33	41		50	58	59		68		77	gondola with minerals
protect	2	10	18	26	34	42		51		60		69		78	flatcar with covered cargo
two spaces left	3	11	19	27	35	43		52		61		70	76	79	flatcar with pipes or logs
swap two, adjacent	4	12	20	28	36	44		53		62		71		80	passenger car
remove middle	5	13	21	29	37	45		54		63	67	72		81	flatcar with car or truck
remove rightmost	6	14	22	30	38	46		55		64		73		82	tank car
remove leftmost	7	15	23	31	39	47		56		65		74		83	boxcar
swap two, one between	8	16	24	32	40	48	49	57		66		75		84	flatcar with airplane

Not clear to the present author is why the factory chose an irregular distribution of abilities. The following alternative is periodic, and would entail minimal change to strategy or tactics.

ability	card number
swap two, one between	1	9	17	25	33	41	49	57	65	73	81
two spaces right	2	10	18	26	34	42	50	58	66	74	82
remove middle	3	11	19	27	35	43	51	59	67	75	83
two spaces left	4	12	20	28	36	44	52	60	68	76	84
protect	5	13	21	29	37	45	53	61	69	77
swap two, adjacent	6	14	22	30	38	46	54	62	70	78
remove rightmost	7	15	23	31	39	47	55	63	71	79
remove leftmost	8	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80