In the mid-seventies, the old funicular system was replaced by a rack-and-pinion railroad in one of the Serra do Mar lines. At that time, the E.F.S.J. became the Santos a Jundiaí Division of R.F.F.S.A., the Brazilian federal railroad network. This photo shows freight trains step up and down the Serra do Mar in Paranapiacaba; one of them is being pulled by two rack electric locomotives, built by Hitachi in Japan. Photo originally available at the revista Ferrovia, copy courtesy of Ricardo Frontera, from Bauru SP.