The dynamic response of railway track to lateral forces is investigated. Experimental data in the frequency range 50–1500 Hz suggest that track laid on wooden sleepers is adequately represented as a beam (the rail) on a damped elastic support (the ballast). For concrete-sleepered track the railhead appears to move significantly on the lateral flexibility of the web, and a simple continuous model is developed from which its lateral dynamic response may be found.
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