Close inspection of an early plan to tunnel the Malta Railway under Mdina, drawn in around 1894, reveals a spaghetti of crayon lines in red[…]

I’ve finally found a photo of Carmelo Rizzo, the last manager of the Malta Railway between 1924 and 1931. He had quite the career it[…]

We’ve been gradually adding more and more to this website since December last year. We’re gearing-up to a full launch on the 28th Feb, the[…]

I’d not noticed before, but this photo of the Malta Railway’s inauguration shows the marquees erected on Racecourse Road above Notabile station where refreshments were[…]

One of the early proposals for a railway in Malta was promoted by Major Hutchinson, an officer of the Royal Artillery, recorded as being promoted[…]

The little bridge over Wied ta San Martin, at the edge of the hamlet of Ta’ San Gakbu, was a picturesque rural spot that caught[…]

Until now, there were no known photographs of the third locomotive to enter traffic on the Malta Railway. Manning Wardle-built No.3 arrived in 1883 and[…]

A while ago I posted a query about a chimney that appeared in the background of a photo of Hamrun, the structure projecting above the[…]

The photographer in the above image here must be stood almost outside the station building at Floriana looking back at the Wignacourt water tower, The[…]

Two photographers were out on the 28th February 1883 to record the inauguration of the Malta Railway. The sequence of photographs they took of the[…]