The Prussian G 5.4 was a German goods train locomotive with a compound engine.
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.
Other railways companies also procured this class: 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.
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.