The Estrada de Ferro Cantagalo (English: Cantagalo Railway) in Brazil operated from 1873 to 1965, and used the Fell mountain railway system, with equipment from the temporary Mont Cenis Pass Railway which closed in 1871.

Cameron says that the line was 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge to which the locomotives and rolling stock were converted (though another source says that the line was to the same 1,100 mm (3 ft 7+5⁄16 in) gauge as the Mont Cenis Pass Railway).

The coastal plain was followed by a steep rise of 3,600 feet (1,100 m) to the inland plateau, starting at Cachoeiras de Macacu, and spread over 32 miles (51 km), with the steepest section of about 7+3⁄4 miles (12.5 km) between Boca do Mato and Theodoro de Olivera: 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 km) was 1 in 12, and 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) between 1 in 14 and 1 in 33 (7% and 3%).

Four new locomotives were purchased from Manning Wardle of England in 1876, though they proved of limited capacity and expensive to maintain, and were possibly affected by the Brazilian climate.

Two North British Locomotive Company engines were bought in 1929.