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[…]

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 1884 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.[…]