Old locomotives at the Shipyards

I happened to be passing by the Slag Deposit of the Malta Shipyards and through the open gate I could see three rusting locomotives. On enquiring, I was told they were used during the war to carry workmen and equipment within the Naval Dockyard area. I...

I happened to be passing by the Slag Deposit of the Malta Shipyards and through the open gate I could see three rusting locomotives. On enquiring, I was told they were used during the war to carry workmen and equipment within the Naval Dockyard area.

I suggest that these locomotives, if refurbished and exhibited in a proper place, would be a great attraction to Maltese schoolchildren and tourists.

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