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The accurate evaluation of damping must be performed properly to correctly assess the structural performance of the bridge under dynamic loading conditions. The present article introduces an alternative methodology that contributes to the assessment of damping coefficients with application to railway bridges. The methodology is based in the Prony method with an energy-sorting technique for the identification of dominant frequencies of a free vibration signal of a passing train. The numerical validation of the method is based on a sensitivity analysis of the free vibration periods of signals through the evaluation of influence lines of displacement and numerically simulated receptance tests, and in the estimation of the damping coefficient from the free vibration period obtained in a train-bridge interaction dynamic analysis with a known imposed value. Finally, and in the scope of the In2Track2 and In2Track3 projects, the experimental assessment of damping coefficients using this methodology was carried out, considering four filler-beam bridges from the Portuguese Railway Network. The ambient vibration tests allowed the evaluation of the main frequencies and damping in these bridges, and the dynamic tests under railway traffic allowed the definition of the dynamic response of these bridges and subsequent application of the Prony method for two types of trains. 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