Prussian G 5.4

Prussian G 5.4; DRG Class 54.8–10
Number(s)	DRG 54 801–981, 985-1079, 1083, 1084
Quantity	767
Year(s) of manufacture	1901–1910
Retired	1948
Wheel arrangement	2-6-0
Axle arrangement	1'C n2v
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length over buffers	16,168 mm
Service weight	55.1 t
Adhesive weight	44.0 t
Axle load	15.3 t
Top speed	65 km/h
Indicated Power	574/750 kW
Driving wheel diameter	1,350 mm
Leading wheel diameter	1,000 mm
No. of cylinders	2
Cylinder bore	500/750 mm
Piston stroke	630 mm
Boiler Overpressure	12 bar
Grate area	2.29 m2
Evaporative heating area	137.00 m2
Tender	pr 3 T 12/15
Water capacity	12.0/15.0 m3

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:

Hafenbahn Frankfurt/M: 3 units in 1908, which were taken over by the Prussian state railways in 1910.
Royal Prussian Military Railway: One locomotive in 1905, taken over by the Prussian state railways in 1919.
Lübeck-Büchen railway: Three locomotives in 1906 and 1909, retired by 1936.
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway: Nine locomotives, actually G 5.5s, see Mecklenburg G 5.4.
Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine: Three locomotives in 1912, G 5.5, see Alsace-Lorraine G 5.5.

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.

Classes of Prussian locomotive and railcars
Express train locomotives	S 1 S 2 S 3 S 4 S 5.1 S 5.2 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 9 (Exp.) S 9 S 10 S 10.1 S 10.2 S 11
Passenger and express train locomotives	P 1 P 2 P 3 P 3.1 P 3.2 P 4 P 4.1 P 4.2 P 6 P 7 P 8 P 10
Goods train locomotives	G 1 G 2 G 3 G 4.1 G 4.2 G 4.3 G 5.1 G 5.2 G 5.3 G 5.4 G 5.5 G 7.1 G 7.2 G 7.3 G 8 G 8.1 G 8.2 G 8.3 G 9 (Mallet) G 9 G 10 G 12 (C.F.O.A) G 12 G 12.1
Tank locomotives	T 0 T 1 T 2 T 2/T 4 T 2.1 T 2/T 3/T 4 T 3 T 4 T 4.1 T 4.2 T 4.3 T 5.1 T 5.2 T 6 T 7 T 8 T 9 Elberfeld T 9 Langenschwalbach T 9.1 T 9.2 T 9.3 T 10 T 11 T 12 T 13 Hagans T 13.1 T 14 T 14.1 T 14 (Exp.) T 15 T 16 (Exp.) T 16 T 16.1 T 18 T 20 T 26 T 28
Narrow gauge locomotives	T 31 T 32 T 33 T 34 T 35 T 36 T 37 T 38 T 39 T 40
Electric locomotives	to follow
Railbuses	to follow
Prussian state railways

Prussian G 5.4

See also