- [Norbert] The whole area 
was built in 1911 and,
until it was closed, it was 
one of the main hubs of Budapest.
And, it has been reopened in 2000 
as the museum. So now it's...
It's a foundation, actually -
The Magyar Vasúttörténeti Park Alapítványt,
which is basically a railway museum.
The Istvántelek railway station was constructed 
at the start of the 20th century
in the very center of Budapest.
Today, it consists of the Hungarian
Railway History Park
and run-down depots stationing
deteriorating wagons and locomotives.
There are many rumors 
on the internet about entering.
Some claim to have casually walked in,
without getting stopped by anybody.
Others say there's security
guarding the whole area.
With the filming schedule we 
had set for ourselves
we couldn't afford to get kicked out.
Rescheduling for tomorrow wasn't possible.
The maintanence depot was built in the early 1900s,
bearing witness to Hungary's turbulent history.
Over the past 80 years, 
Hungary had been a monarchy,
was occupied by Nazi Germany and later
 transformed into a communist country, 
loyal to the USSR.
During the tumultuous period
of shifting political regimes,
life never stopped and 
transportation was always necessary, 
as will always be the case.
The most interesting part is 
you can see locomotives
that are representative of 
all these ideologies,
but the yard got named, 
"Red Star Train Graveyard," 
after the communist era symbol.
- [Miha] I have no idea
what's going on.
Someone's walking around,
we don't know where Pucak is.
There's sounds coming from over there.
There are several rusty gems
at the graveyard,
guaranteed to make any 
train aficionado's heart flutter,
including several Hungarian MÁV 424 
steam engines, weighing 137 tons,
and a MÁV 301 series locomotive
used from 1911 to 1914,
one of few in the world.
This locomotive has several German
freight wagons attached to it,
rumored to have transported hundreds of
thousands of Hungarian Jews to their deaths, 
during Nazi occupation.
Among newer additions at the train graveyard 
are wagons from the Soviet era,
in which you can still find railway maps
 and letters from the 1960s.
Upon exit, a tree growing 
from a car caught our attention.
Observing it, we knew we just witnessed
the same fate that's awaiting the trains.
Nature reclaiming its territory is 
a frequent sight at most abandoned locations.
After visiting the graveyard,
we met up with the Railway History Park
manager, Mr. Norbert Schvéd,
and had a talk about the history 
of the place and the trains on display.
- The whole area is basically where
you can wander around and
we have the vehicles, all kind.
I mean locomotives,
carriages, cars, and all sorts of machinery,
which is used to build the array, is outside.
With a surface area of 70,000 m²
this park is one of the biggest
railway museums in Central Europe.
It hosts an exhibit of around 100
historical railway vehicles.
Aside from a great number of steam engines,
the collection also includes diesel and 
electric engines,
like the one invented by Kálmán Kandó.
There are plans to restore all locomotives
and wagons at the graveyard
but, due to the financial situation,
it is not possible at the time.
Restoring the vehicles means
returning them to their original condition.
As you see, we are 
completely renovating things.
For example, that carriage over there
was just renovated last year,
It was originally built in 1884
and it was used for carrying
any kind of liquid,
from wine to oil and all sorts of things.
So it's just a new addition to the collection.
It will be... I showed you the 
old steam engine,
which was built in 1882.
So, when the refurbishment will be finished 
it's pretty much the same age.
So they will be put back 
to the other turntable.
The first position is their position
and they will be shown there
as the oldest working condition vehicles.
The transformation is not only 
cosmetic but also functional,
enabling nostalgic trips on routes
such as the Orient Express.
Furthermore, most trains 
used in European film production
come from this museum.
- [Norbert] In Croatia, at the moment,
you don't have active steam engines, I believe.
- [Pucak] No, no.
- 'Cause we have been there in 2015
for a movie shoot.
It was actually Winnetou.
- [Miha] Oh, Winnetou. Yeah, I know.
- [Norbert] Yeah, the Winnetou movie.
Because, obviously, in the 1970s or '80s,
the Winnetou movies were shot.
It was an East German and
Yugoslavian co-production
and now, the German television,
the RTL, decided to remake 
the movie with Croatia.
So now it was a Croatian 
and German co-production.
And, as far as I knew,
there was no running steam engine.
- [Miha] Yeah, so you had to take it from here?
- They began renting the steam engine from us.
- Oh, nice.
- And yeah, either here or there.
This episode concludes our trip to Hungary.
Over the course of 6 days, we visited
various abandoned locations,
uncertain about whether we'd be able 
to film some of them at all.
The trip motivated us to continue.
