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The draw bar from the Mikado isn't properly connected to the tender truck. On the Kato USA website, there is a picture tutorial showing you how to connect the draw bar to the tender truck.
Here is the draw bar:
take the tender trucks apart and clean the fuzz out of the cups and axles.
also take a brightboy to the tops of the truck contactsand make sure the strips in the tender are functional and contact the truck tabs.
last thing is to make sure the drawbar wires are sprung against the contact points, truck side out, loco side in.
By telling me the loco runs with a hesitation/jerk tells me that the draw bar is compromised and should be replaced with a new draw bar.