Patent ID: 7234449

Claim:
A fuel injection apparatus for a multi-cylinder diesel locomotive engine comprising a left bank of cylinders and a right bank of cylinders, the fuel injection apparatus comprising: a left bank common rail disposed proximate the left bank of cylinders; a right bank common rail disposed proximate the right bank of cylinders; a low pressure fuel supply; a plurality of high pressure fuel pumps receiving low pressure fuel from the low pressure fuel supply and providing high pressure fuel to at least one of the left bank common rail and the right bank common rail; a fluid cross connection for conveyance of fuel between the left bank common rail and the right bank common rail; each left bank cylinder receiving fuel from the left bank common rail via a respective fuel injection control apparatus; and each right bank cylinder receiving fuel from the right bank common rail via a respective fuel injection control apparatus; the plurality of high pressure pumps and the fluid cross connection cooperating to enable delivery of full fuel flow for continued operation of all of the cylinders at full power operating conditions in the event of a failure of one of the high pressure pumps.