Issue with MTH PS3 Railking Mikado

This is normal behavior for a PS3 steamer when the wireless drawbar is not plugged all the way into the socket.

I also have the PS3 RK Imperial Mikado and mine runs like a champ. The only exception is that it will stall over a ladder of 5 Ross turnouts at a speed below about 15 SMPH. I plan to put a pickup roller on the tender to remedy this issue.

Barry,

  I'd love to know how to add a pickup roller to the tender. I have the RK Imperial M1 Mountain and it stalls on 1 or 2 Fastrack switches.

It's not that difficult, you already have track power in the tender.  Most of the MTH trucks have provisions for a pickup, you just have to buy the correct parts, run the wire up and tie into track power.

John,

  Would you mind letting me know what part #s I would need and how/where to find track power in the tender? Thanks.

Can you shoot a picture of each of the tender trucks?  Sometimes there's an issue putting the pickup on one or the other, and I want to see what you have exactly.

Here you go John.

That's what I was afraid of, those aren't the ones I was thinking of.  I suspect you can rig a pickup, but I don't know of a stock one that will work without some mods.

Thanks for looking anyway.

What you want to look at is the engine side of the drawbar.  The plug that goes into the socket on the engine side usually needs to be reseated.

Marty hit it.  If not that, then tender side internal.  Sometimes a bad connector lets the pins push out a wire from the plastic connector.  G

I see this issue often.