page_title: Joginder Nagar Valley
section_title: Funicular Trolley (4 km)
hierarchical_section_title: Joginder Nagar Valley / Funicular Trolley (4 km)
caption_attribution_description: English: haulage way
context_page_description: Joginder Nagar Valley is a valley in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The valley contains the town of Joginder Nagar, Bir-Billing, Chauntra and various other hill resorts surrounded by mountains on all sides. The valley falls in the mid-hill zone of the Dhauladhar mountain range in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. Geographically, the valley starts near Ghatta at its westernmost point and stretches south-eastwards up to Ghatasani, 15 kilometres from the main town. On an average, the valley is stretched 20 kilometres in length and 10 kilometers in width.
  The valley is particularly known for adventure sports of Paragliding, Trekking and Mountain biking, and has options for angling, camping as well as sightseeing. It lies in Mandi district except part of north-western corner that falls in Kangra district including Bir-Billing. Geographically, almost rectangular in topography, it is marked by Ghornala hills on the east, Mt. Winch Camp on the north, Siyuri Dhar on the east and Siqandar Dhar mountain ranges in the southern direction.
context_section_description: Haulage trolley or car in Jogindernagar is India's highest funicular railway track that takes rides up to 2500 metres above sea level. It is a 4-stage network of funicular and horizontal track and has six haulage car stations starting at Buffer Stop as base station at Shanan. Next is Adit Junction set up at higher altitude of 1770 metres. It is widely called '18 Number' because of having 18 divisions along way the pipes carrying water to turbines from Adit Junction to Buffer Stop. The water rushes down from the reservoir at Barot in the Uhl river through penstock pipes going down nearly a thousand meters. The loading capacity of haulage way cars are 15, 10, 5 tons. Higher the capacity, lower the speed. Haulage Way Car or Trolley at Jogindernagar is one of a few funicular railways all over the globe due to geographical and technological challenges faced to construct them and is considered as an engineering marvel of the 20th century.
caption: Haulage
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