what is it?
The Prussian G 5.5 locomotives 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 after that of the G 5.4.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 116 years ago, in 1910.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1910
- number built
- 20
- kind
- steam locomotive
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Borsig, Maschinenbauanstalt Humboldt
- operators
- Prussian state railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2109214, Wikipedia: Prussian G 5.5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-11-14.