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.
Newly found photo rewrites locomotive’s history
Something of a curve-ball for the history of the Malta Railway has appeared recently on the internet; a new historical photo has emerged of engine[…]
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[…]
The stuff of legends
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[…]
An early view of Valletta railway station
Valletta station in 1883. This photo is likely to have been taken before the official opening of the Malta Railway, in late February that year.[…]
Manning Wardles: a spotters guide
This post was first published on the Malta Railway Facebook Page in October 2024. Subsequently, an image of No. 3 has been identified. The Malta[…]
Wartime survivor at Hamrun
Another new photo from my friend at the Malta Study Circle. This is staff and boys of the Technical School in Hamrun posed on the[…]
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