The Prussian G 5.5's were early German freight
locomotive
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s 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
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several more G 5.5's were reclaimed by the Reichsbahn from
Poland
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, 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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Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Friedrich-Franz Railway: Nine locomotives, classed as G 5.4, see
Mecklenburg G 5.4.
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Imperial Railways in Alsace-Lorraine: Three locomotives from 1912, see
Alsace-Lorraine G 5.5.
See also
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Prussian state railways
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List of Prussian locomotives and railbuses
References
* ''This article was created from a translation of the
equivalent German language article''
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