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Do A-line stanchions work with Athearn BB handrails?

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Do A-line stanchions work with Athearn BB handrails?
Posted by BigCityFreight on Monday, March 8, 2021 8:41 AM

Been fixing up an old Athearn BB GP50 but I'm missing several stanchions. I'd also like to make them look a little better and in scale.

Do A-line stanchions work with stock Athearn BB handrails, and are the A-line stanchions any narrower than the regular Athearn ones?

Thanks!

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Posted by mbinsewi on Monday, March 8, 2021 9:01 AM

The web site gives the dimensions of the stanchions, I've never measured the Athearn stanchions.  You'd have to measure and do a comparison.

https://ppw-aline.com/collections/handrail-stanchions

They look like they will work to me.

I tried to find Smokey Valley's web site, but I'm not having any luck.  Maybe they are gone?

Walthers doesn't show anything for Smikey Valley either.  They must be gone.

Mike.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Monday, March 8, 2021 12:15 PM

Yes, A-line stanchions are perfect replacements for missing Athearn stanchions. They even make a couple of sizes that are different from Athearns.

-Kevin

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