Comments on: Scratch Building A Critter… and What is a Critter? https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/06/scratch-building-critter.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=scratch-building-critter Model railroads and model trains Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:45:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: william https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/06/scratch-building-critter.html#comment-22208 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:45:39 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4809#comment-22208 My specific question is:

Where can I find the drive sprocket cover, the cover over
the wheel axle?

]]> By: David Stokes https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/06/scratch-building-critter.html#comment-22069 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 05:32:28 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4809#comment-22069 That beast in the photo is definitely a “critter”, as are all small, often “homemade” internal combustion catastrophes found in backwoods and other remote rail based transport systems (logging, plantation and outback systems). Steam locomotives are rarely called “critters” but there is probably an example to prove me wrong!

]]> By: Sheldon Clark https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/06/scratch-building-critter.html#comment-22060 Thu, 07 Jun 2018 01:39:53 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4809#comment-22060 I suspect “critter” is a word that is restricted to North American English. In Britain, we would normally use a small shunter or possibly a tug (rare). Other language communities would have different terms, such as “draisine”, “locotracteur” or “Kleinlok” perhaps.

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