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Trivia: trains that are partly made of wood

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I’ve noticed the little ramps from the passenger area into the cabs on the Southern 313s are wooden, and I think the external steps on Mark 3 (and presumably Mark 2?) coaches are made of wood, so I was wondering, what other classes that are still used on the rail network have (even a small) bit of wood? Obviously many heritage units do, but I’m including only units that are used regularly on the national network, so not charter trains etc.
 
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Hardly a structural component, but I think the backing for the sockets fitted during the SWR refurb of the 450 and 444 is a small piece of wood.
 
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On 150s and probably a lot of other units from the same era the internal floor, internal bulkheads, cab access door from vestibule and various internal access doors are made of plywood.
 
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The ladders carried on most classes, especially electrics, appear to be wooden. Are the emergency equipment cupboards on mk3 EMUs fitted with wooden doors?
 
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A lot of seats use wood as their supporting structure... so that makes a lot of trains doesn’t it ?
 
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The Isle of Man Railway and Manx Electric Railway have a lot of wooden bodied rolling stock.
 
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There is a surprising amount of non-structural wooden framing underneath the trim panels on the class 455s, which presumably means the 317s, 318s, 319s and 456s do as well?

This is the framing that keeps the trim panels in place; it serves no other purpose.
 
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There's a lot of wood inside the Class 483s on the Isle of Wight. I've a feeling some of it is load-bearing.
 
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All cast iron. Third rail shoe beams though, aren't they made of wood?
 
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