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High Pressure Common Rail (HPCR) diesel engines

The term common rail diesel has nothing much to do with locomotives but refers to the engine’s injection system, which is built around a highpressure fuel rail as opposed to a low-pressure fuel pump feeding unit injectors, which is what you get on conventional engines.

Common rail diesel engines have been used in boats and

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