钢枕在澳大利亚铁路建设的初期就已经使用。此后,经历了一个被否定的阶段,而现在钢枕在澳大利亚铁路上又重新崛起了。在二次世界大战以前,因为有适合的木枕,而且由于使用钢枕还存在许多问题,导致了澳大利亚的铁路工程师们对钢枕有一种否定的看法。使用钢枕的主要问题有:使用的钢枕扣件,有的需要经常注意保持良好的线路几何状态,有的螺纹部件在使用过程中松动、腐蚀和锈住,难以拆卸;捣固也是个问题,使用中是用手工方法在钢枕的槽形断面内填塞道碴,既慢又困难;此外,还存在着钢枕腐蚀的威胁,这是由燃煤机车的灰末造成的。 Steel sleepers have been used in the early days of railway construction in Australia. Since then, it has undergone a phase of negation, and now the steel pillows have re-emerged on the Australian Railroad. Prior to the Second World War, Australian railroad engineers had a negative view of steel sleepers because of the suitable wooden sleepers and the many problems associated with the use of steel sleepers. The main problems with the use of steel pillows are: the use of steel pillow fasteners, and some need to always pay attention to maintain a good line geometry, and some threaded parts loose, corroded and rusty during use, difficult to disassemble; tamping is also a problem , It is both slow and difficult to fill the ballast in the grooved section of the steel pillow by hand. In addition, there is a threat of steel sleeper corrosion, which is caused by the ash of coal-fired locomotives.