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Prussian G 5.5
DRG Class 54.10
Type and origin
Build date1910
Total produced20 or 25
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-0
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Leading dia.1,000 mm (39 in)
Driver dia.1,350 mm (4 ft 5 in)
Length:
 • Over beams16,168 mm (53 ft 0.5 in)
Axle load15.3 t
Adhesive weight44.0 t
Service weight55.1 t
Water cap.12.0 m (2,600 imp gal) / 15.0 m (3,300 imp gal)
Boiler pressure12 bar
Heating surface:
 • Firebox2.29 m (24.6 sq ft)
 • Evaporative137.00 m (1,474.7 sq ft)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size500 mm (20 in) / 750 mm (30 in)
Piston stroke630 mm (25 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed65 km/h (40 mph)
Indicated power574/750 kW
Career
NumbersDRG 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:

See also

References

Classes of Prussian locomotive and railcars
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