A special trackwork assembly including a special trackwork body formed to support wheels of a train moving over a running surface portion of an exterior surface of the special trackwork body that generate traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body having one or more frequencies of interest. The special trackwork assembly also includes one or more tuned mass dampers secured to the special trackwork body and formed to vibrate, in response to the traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body, at the frequency of interest, to at least partially dampen the traffic-related vibrations of the special trackwork body.
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