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.

New feature dedicated to Hamrun’s railway works

Back in 2009, two transport enthusiasts, Mac Head and Keith Till were lucky enough to see inside the former Malta Railway workshops at Hamrun. We’ve[…]

Hamrun hammer-forge

A while ago I posted a query about a chimney that appeared in the background of a photo of Hamrun, the structure projecting above the[…]

A stitch in time

Another composite panorama of the Malta Railway, stitched together from two photos taken on the same occasion and published in The Railway Magazine in 1912.[…]