Malta Railway Blog

Here you’ll find all the latest news and discoveries. There’s plenty to see, including many research updates covering investigations that have helped inform the main pages on this site, and odd stories that we’ve not been able to fit in elsewhere. Have fun exploring.

6 hours in 70 seconds: Malta Railway trains in 1908

After A LOT of wrangling with various apps, I’ve animated the first six hours of operation of the railway. This starts at 4:20 in the[…]

Signalling the railway

Timmy Zammit and I have been chatting about the signals on the Malta Railway. There were supposed to be two, one each on Harmrun and[…]

Museum station sequence

Not enough to make a movie, but two photos of the Malta Railway brought together again from the same brief moment in time. A train[…]

Malta Railway interactive map

Someone asked if there was a map showing the railway on the modern street plan, so naturally I decided to spend a stupid number of[…]

A Manning Wardle in the final years

A new view to me. Locomotive No.1, probably in April 1927 when photographs were taken for publication in the Locomotive Magazine later that year. The[…]

Spare wheel or abandoned breakage?

I’ve spotted sets of carriage wheels lying around at some of the stations on the Malta Railway, here at Notible, Attard, and Hamrun (above) respectively.[…]

The mystery growth spurt of Notabile railway station.

A few weeks ago I was confused about Notabile station suddenly growing between photos (https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Z9XpsEQa6ebKzBae/). I’ve been building an accurate scale 3D model of the[…]

Malta Railway enthusiast recreates 3D digital model of Hamrun Station

In August 2024, Malta Today published a story covering my reconstructions of Hamrun Station. [WATCH] Malta railway enthusiast recreates 3D digital model of Ħamrun station

Battle damage at Valletta Station

Civilians flood out of the old Valetta railway station as the all-clear sirens sound. The Royal Opera House lies in pieces in the foreground having[…]

Attard embankment in construction

Looking in the direction of Mdina circa 1882, work on Attard viaduct is underway with labourers cladding the rough embankment with dressed stone. Overseeing engineers,[…]