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[…]

Another forgotten survival

When the Malta Railway was built through Attard it had to deal with the Knight’s era Wignacourt Aqueduct descending on a slight gradient through the[…]

An enhanced version of the recently sold postcard of Museum station

What price history?

Recently, a previously unpublished photograph went up for auction on Ebay. We were keeping our eyes on it to add to our collection. It was[…]

Photo of Birkirkara railway station in Malta with a train standing at the platform heading towards Valletta.

Brining back a little colour

I’m not fond of historic photos being colourised, the standard algorithms often producing inauthentic and misleading results. However, I’ve found new filters on Photoshop that[…]

“Badly sprung and poorly upholstered”

Picked up this postcard of Museum station, not for the picture but for what was written on the back. Sadly it’s undated and nothing to[…]

Unravelling spaghetti

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[…]

Officially launching soon…

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[…]

“Never kill a Bishop”

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[…]