Custom Engineered Junction Boxes CASE STUDY Customer Challenge A major transit agency approached Winchester Interconnect TM to help design new wayside power and relay control junction boxes for one of its aging train layover facilities. The customer wanted to improve electrical monitoring, enhance the application’s ruggedness, reduce the size of the wayside power junction box and provide added security features. Challenge Review To support early morning rush hour, commuter service trains are typically staged overnight at wayside passenger rail layover facilities. These locations use wayside power and relay control boxes to connect with rail cars and locomotives to conserve fuel and maintain temperature levels so that the cars will be prepared for the morning rush hour. Passen

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