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.
Who was the mysterious photographer?
I’ve just acquired a set of ten photos of the Malta Railway after closure – nothing special, they’ve all been published before and were commercially[…]
Kick the habit
In the early 20th Century collecting illustrated cigarette cards became a popular hobby. The cards were slipped into every packet of cigarettes to stiffen them,[…]
The Railway Magazine report from 1912
These precious photos of the Malta Railway come from an historical copy of the British journal The Railway Magazine. Published 1912, the March edition included[…]
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