A bridge too many

I’ve talked before about the clash between the line of the Malta Railway and the Wignacourt Aqueduct and how it was resolved by a syphon[…]

Revelations and restitution in Santa Venera

The historic photo above showing the nearly complete Malta Railway has long been stated as being the cutting west of Attard, but this identification now[…]

The upper stones of the Malta Railway embankment at Ta Braxia

No Richard III in this car park, but…

I had believed every trace of the railway between Triq L-Indipendenza and Mile End had been obliterated; I was wrong. Walking the length of the[…]

Colour my world…

I’m on record as disliking colourised photos, mainly because so many turn out so badly. Ai is bad at recognising shapes and forms in black[…]

In time of trial

A syndicated press photo of Valletta railway station Jan 1942 when the railway tunnels offered precious shelter from the bombing raids inflicted upon the island.[…]

Who was the mysterious photographer?

I’ve just acquired a set of ten photos of the Malta Railway after closure – nothing special, they’ve all been published before and were commercially[…]

The railway during the Great War

A new image of Valletta Station in 1918 come from an unusual source. It was published in the London & North Western Railway in-house magazine.[…]

The origins of obsession

We’re incredibly grateful to Michael Cassar, one of the authors of The Malta Railway, for his kind permission to host a pdf copy of his[…]

Derelict railway engine outside the old Hamrun engine shed surrounded by scrap

Coupled in decay

Years after the closure of the Malta Railway remnants littered the former railway yard at Hamrun. Here, surrounded by scrap, Engine No.1 hangs on sandwiching[…]

Staff on parade

This is a view I’ve seen before, but only ever as a printed postcard. Here is a copy of an actual photographic version of the[…]