The committee's report, published in 1902, also found that the CLR's choice of 100 lb/yard (49.60 kg/m) bridge rail for its tracks rather than a stiffer bullhead rail on cross sleepers contributed to the vibration.
Freight trains rumble by day and night, and occasionally a cross-country sleeper passes through, shaking the buildings and halting traffic, if there is any traffic.
The Scottish government has committed £50m in funding to secure cross-border sleeper train services.
The money will be used to replace the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper fleet, which is coming to the end of its life, and improve on-train facilities.
The three-dimensional model includes the distribution of structural flexibility along the turnout, such as bending and torsion of rails and sleepers, and the variations in rail cross-section and sleeper length.
The UK government is making available £50m to enable the replacement of the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper fleet to improve on-train facilities, on the condition Holyrood ministers agree to co-fund the replacement programme.
The track is described by a linear, three-dimensional and non-periodic finite element model of a railway turnout accounting for the variations in rail cross-sections and sleeper lengths, and including baseplates and resilient elements.
This is where the Beijing-Pyongyang overnight sleeper train crosses the border; the direction of traffic is alternated.
Responding to the minister's statement, Labour's Richard Baker said: "It represents the end of a protracted climbdown after a much-criticised consultation which proposed ending cross-border services, withdrawing sleeper services and closing large numbers of stations.
Fares, at $1.29 Australian to the U.S. dollar, for the cross-continental journey are $1,399 in Gold Kangaroo class, $1,117 in Red Kangaroo class sleeper cabins, and $353 for daynighter seat tickets.
A final treat, after being tossed around like a salad on the return crossing, is the Night Riviera Sleeper to London.
