Abstract: A new vehicle model for a conventional freight car is developed to study the interaction between a railway bridge and a moving freight train. A 175‐ft (53.34‐m) long, open‐deck, single‐track, riveted steel through truss ...

Abstract: The dynamic responses of a railway bridge members due to vehicle‐track‐bridge interaction were investigated for the effects of vertical and lateral track irregularities, approach track quality, and bridge damping. In each ...