Do any videos exist of this in use? As far as I know, there is only one photo in existence that shows trains using this track.

Seriously? I think you have to stop assuming everything that exists is on the internet. I'd be confident there'd be hundreds of photos of this siding in use, just look through some old Newsrails or Rail News Victoria for some of them. It survived well into the video era so I'm sure there's video as well, and even motion picture film.

Seriously? I think you have to stop assuming everything that exists is on the internet. I'd be confident there'd be hundreds of photos of this siding in use, just look through some old Newsrails or Rail News Victoria for some of them. It survived well into the video era so I'm sure there's video as well, and even motion picture film.

Well great, there may be a video sitting hidden in some museum, where nobody will ever see it.
What I asked is DOES ANYONE HAVE VIDEO OF THE SPOTSWOOD GLASS SIDING IN USE ON THE INTERNET
thanks

Firstly, throwing a Veruca Salt style tantrum and demanding "I want it, and I want it NOW!" will not make you any friends, nor will it get you the stuff you seek.

I write online articles and books (not on railway related subjects) ranging from 2,500 words up to 25,000 words, many of them have over 60 photos and maps. Collectively they have almost half a million views. So I feel qualified to give a quick run down on how to dig up obscure photos, information and stuff.

If there is a video sitting in a properly curated museum or archives in Australia, it WILL be indexed on line, even if is not viewable on line. Only the most amateur and poorly run places won't have some indication of what they hold on their website

Bear in mind the way that most stuff gets on line is from fans of a subject adding a few sentences to wikipedia articles or people like me putting up comprehensive articles.

If you want to dig deeper, original research is not something for slackers, it takes time, patience and motivation.

1. Do a quick Google search. What you initially find will give you a basic background with enough information to let you dig deeper.
2. Have a quick look at Trove. This is run by the National Library in Canberra and has the full text of hundreds of newspapers and magazines and many thousands of photos.
3. Go to somewhere like the state library catalogue and see what they have that is relevant. Many books and magazines are held off site, so order them for a particular day. Go to their building in the city and read the books. Then ask for large sequences of relevant historic magazines and spend a few days flipping through them, taking notes and making photocopies.
4. The Public Record Office in North Melbourne is the state government archives. Order a few files through their on line catalogue that look relevant. Go in and spend half a day flipping through those files of letters, reports and photos. It's pot luck; you may find nothing or you may get that crucial information that you desperately need.
5. Go back and do more Google 'advanced' searches using everything that you have learned. Vary the search terms, confine your search to specific things like just photos. Then repeat the process on different search engines like Bing, Google Scholar and even Duck Duck Go. Keep your eyes peeled for that weird little article or web page that is poorly indexed, because for every 100 irrelevant pages you look at, a few will be a bit interesting and at least one will be pure gold with just what you were searching for.

Finally, ask me or one of the other authors on this forum for tips in writing everything up in a way that will appeal to readers.

Even 'please' in the original request would not do any harm.

Bomberswarm2, "disagreeing" with each post in this thread isn't helping your case or making friends, especially when one has tried to give you advice and the other suggested you be more polite (really, is saying "please" that hard?). I think we've established you really are rude and ignorant.

We appear to have a resident moron who hits the "Disagree" button on every thread he can find. A bit of discipline from his parents and kindergarten teacher would do him a power of good.

As far as I know, there is only one photo in existence that shows trains using this track.

https://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11354199.htm
https://www.facebook.com/pages/AGM-Siding/117437088337122

EDIT

Endorse Bogong's search guide. Sometimes it pays to scan at least first ten pages of Google search. Don't neglect Google images, either. Patience brings its own rewards.

Need also to search under alternative names, e.g. Australian Glass Manufacturers siding, Koala siding, etc.

Try these:

http://www.robx1.net/b051_075/b070_00.htm
https://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11349451-s120-0-asc.htm (copy and paste relevant URLs)
http://www.robx1.net/index/fileafqw.htm (need to search for Koala within this page)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24609616@N05/5873547762

DOES ANYONE HAVE VIDEO OF THE SPOTSWOOD GLASS SIDING IN USE ON THE INTERNET

Nup.