 The RFFSA linked 42 railways together (both on documents and actual railroads), creating a regional system composed of 22 railroads.The goal of the RFFSA was to promote and advance the railroad sector of Brazil, creating a north-south-east-west rail network in all five regions of Brazil.But it failed and the RFFSA only served four of the five regions with a north-south rail network win 19 units of the federation of Brazil.