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ThePrussian G 5.4 was a German goods train locomotive with acompound engine. Due to its top speed of 65 km/h it was also used on passenger services. The G 5.4, like theG 5.3, differed from theG 5.1 andG 5.2 in having a shorterwheelbase and higherboiler pitch. In addition, theKrauss-Helmholtz bogies enabled its riding qualities to be improved, especially at higher speeds. Between 1901 and 1910 a total of about 760 vehicles of theClass G 5.4 were built for thePrussian state railways. The last 25 locomotives were fitted once again with anAdams axle (seePrussian G 5.5).

Other railways companies also procured this class:

• Hafenbahn Frankfurt/M: 3 units in 1908, which were taken over by thePrussian state railways in 1910.
• Royal Prussian Military Railway: One locomotive in 1905, taken over by thePrussian 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, seeMecklenburg G 5.4.
• Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine: Three locomotives in 1912, G 5.5, seeAlsace-Lorraine G 5.5.

In 1923 theReichsbahn took over 371 locomotives into itsrenumbering plan as 54 503-517 and 54 801-1156; in 1925 another 278 vehicles were incorporated as54 801–981, 985-1079, 1083 and 1084. Some 22 examples were converted during the 1920s tosuperheated compounds. During theSecond World War a number of G 5.4 and G 5.5 came into the Reichsbahn fleet fromPoland andLithuania as 54 1101-1218 and 54 1220-1223. The last G 5.4 in Germany was retired by 1951.

The vehicles were coupled withPrussiantenders of classes pr 3 T 12 or pr 3 T 15.

• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
• List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses

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