Prussian G 5.5 Explained

Prussian G 5.5
DRG Class 54.10
Bgcolor:000000
Color:FFFFFF
Builddate:1910
Totalproduction:20 or 25
Whytetype:2-6-0
Leadingdiameter:1000mm
Driverdiameter:1350mm
Over Bufferbeams:16168mm
Axleload:15.3 t
Serviceweight:55.1 t
Weightondrivers:44.0 t
Watercap:12m2 / 15m2
Boilerpressure:12 bar
Fireboxarea:2.29m2
Evaporativearea:137m2
Cylindercount:2
Cylindersize:500mm / 750mm
Pistonstroke:630mm
Maxspeed:65km/h
Indicatedpower:574/750 kW
Fleetnumbers:DRG 54 1076-1092

The Prussian G 5.5's were early German freight locomotives with a compound engine. Unlike the otherwise identical G 5.4 they had a leading Adams axle instead of a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie. The delivery of the G 5.5 in 1910 followed directly on from that of the G 5.4. A total of either 20 or 25 G 5.5 were built.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn took over several of these locomotives as nos. 54 1076-1092, other sources list them as nos. 54 1080-1082 and 1085-1092. In the Second World War several more G 5.5's were reclaimed by the Reichsbahn from Poland, nos. 54 1121, 1141, 1157 and 1185, other sources cite 54 1183, 1217 and 1218.

Other railways also procured this class:

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