Most of my PS3 engines run perfectly. I did run into some that missed the watchdog signal. It seemed to be in a certain release time frame. Any of their engines will miss the watchdog under the right circumstances. Too many engines on powered track on one tiu channel for example, seems to cause this issue. A Lionel engine or other powered cars with caps on the same block without a choke will also cause it to occur.
I just got a PS3 Dreyfuss that also is perfect. I believe there's extra stuff happening that gets attributed to PS3 no matter what the cause. The plastic end wireless drawbars for example. Mine work perfectly. I imaging there has to be some defective ones made. I personally believe that they are mostly failing from mis-handling more than anything. I leave mine connected most of the time. Our grandkids broke one from playing tug-of-war over who's turn it was at the controls.
If you want to discuss the flaws, you should also discuss how to fix each. MTH has made corrections to the production runs. Removing the DCC switch on Railking was a decision they made.
Here's two PS3's in front with a PS2 connected. It was posted here that they didn't get along. I never understood why the mis-information spread so easily. It caused several buyers to run away scared.
