Pickups for Bowser, Mantua, John English,&Varney steam locos

[e-paw]

Here is how I did it on my Boswer LNE (ex PRR) L-1.    

   
I had also reversed the polarity of the tender to match the boiler, this eliminated the problem of the loco shorting out if the cab and tender touched. The loco picks up power through the frame on the right side, and with the pickups that I added on the left.

This here is the finished product.