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Prussian G 5.4

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Prussian G 5.4
DRG Class 54.8–10
Type and origin
Build date1901–1910
Total produced767
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-6-0
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Leading dia.1,000 mm
Driver dia.1,350 mm
Length:
 • Over beams16,168 mm
Axle load15.3 t
Adhesive weight44.0 t
Service weight55.1 t
Water cap.12.0/15.0 m3
Boiler pressure12 bar
Heating surface:
 • Firebox2.29 m2
 • Evaporative137.00 m2
Cylinders2
Cylinder size500/750 mm
Piston stroke630 mm
Performance figures
Maximum speed65 km/h
Indicated power574/750 kW
Career
NumbersDRG 54 801–981, 985-1079, 1083, 1084
Retired1948

The Prussian G 5.4 was a German goods train locomotive with a compound engine. Due to its top speed of 65 km/h it was also used on passenger services. The G 5.4, like the G 5.3, differed from the G 5.1 and G 5.2 in having a shorter wheelbase and higher boiler pitch. In addition, the Krauss-Helmholtz bogies enabled its riding qualities to be improved, especially at higher speeds. Between 1901 and 1910 a total of about 760 vehicles of the Class G 5.4 were built for the Prussian state railways. The last 25 locomotives were fitted once again with an Adams axle (see Prussian G 5.5).

Other railways companies also procured this class:

In 1923 the Reichsbahn took over 371 locomotives into its renumbering plan as 54 503-517 and 54 801-1156; in 1925 another 278 vehicles were incorporated as 54 801–981, 985-1079, 1083 and 1084. Some 22 examples were converted during the 1920s to superheated compounds. During the Second World War a number of G 5.4 and G 5.5 came into the Reichsbahn fleet from Poland and Lithuania as 54 1101-1218 and 54 1220-1223. The last G 5.4 in Germany was retired by 1951.

The vehicles were coupled with Prussian tenders of classes pr 3 T 12 or pr 3 T 15.

References

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  • Hütter, Ingo (2015). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 54 bis 59 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 44–56. ISBN 978-3-937189-85-7.
  • Vandenberghen, J (1989). La guerre 1914 - 1918 et les locomotives "Armistice", 2. Description des locomotives K.P.E.V. (PDF) (in French). Brussels: SNCB. pp. 176–184.
  • Wagner, Andreas; Bäzold, Dieter; Zschech, Rainer; Lüderitz, Ralph (1990). Lokomotiven preußischer Eisenbahnen, Güterzuglokomotiven (EFA 2.3.2) (in German). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 58–65. ISBN 3-87094-134-0.
  • Weisbrod, Manfred; Müller, Hans; Petznik, Wolfgang (1978). Dampflokomotiven deutscher Eisenbahnen, Baureihe 41–59 (EFA 1.2) (in German) (3rd ed.). Düsseldorf: Alba. pp. 106–109. ISBN 3-87094-082-4.

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