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.
Hütter, Ingo (2015). Die Dampflokomotiven der Baureihen 54 bis 59 der DRG, DRB, DB, und DR (in German). Werl: DGEG Medien. pp. 44–51.
ISBN978-3-937189-85-7.