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I bought two MTH Union Pacific Water Tenders (Adams and Jordan) to pull behind my Lionel Union Pacific FEF-3 #844.  The Ebay listing did not warn that the tender could not be run behind a Lionel Legacy engine, or that it had to be used only with a PS3.0 engine.  When I opened the white shipping cradle, the Admas Water Tender had a label applied WARNING only to use the MTH Water Tender with PS3.0 engines or the tender light will burn out.  I run Lionel Legacy  and looked forward to pulling these behind the new Lionel Union Pacific FEF-3 engines. ... Has anyone run these MTH Water Tenders successfully behind a Lionel Legacy engine?  I don't want to damage the two new Water Tenders.

Last edited by Rich Melvin
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That si only when you tether it to your MTH DCS loco. It has a plug on the front of the tender to run the reverse light and possible an electro coupler though I am not quite sure if there is an electrocoupler on these tenders. If you run it behind a Lionel loco you have no way to connect it to the loco so its really not an issue. Go ahead and run them you wont have nay issues.

FWIW, MTH will not honor warranties on eBay purchases since "eBay is not an authorized re-seller" so if you're buying from eBay make sure they are an authorized re-seller and get an actual store sales invoice.

An LED can usually handle voltages between 1.5 and 12V so the in this case the voltage is not what will burn out the LED, it will be the current. You could run this with a PS2 loco provided you install a current limiting resistor on the  LED. But that wasn't the OPs question

Thank you for the information on the MTH Adams and Jordan Water Tenders. I have the two Lionel Union Pacific 907353 and 907356 for the Big Boys. I missed the Lionel Adams Water Tender that is sold out.  I figured this pair would look good behind the black UP #844. The backup light is not an issue as long as the water tender is not creating any interference with the engines. If possible, I will tuck the wire for the PS3.0 engine into the tender. 

 

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