The central 327 Locomotive Hall of the Eiffel Art Studios is the most impressive part of the complex exhibiting a Series 327 locomotive and its cars. These engines were the most beautiful ones in Hungarian railway manufacturing history, so in the industry everyone referred to them as Queen (and the series 301 “King” stands right outside, in the Kodály Park). It is the last survivor of the series, rescued by the OPERA from the Istvántelek train junkyard of MÁV, and the wreck was perfectly restored by train enthusiasts assisted by the OPERA workshops. The locomotive Nr. 327.016 was stuck in Yugoslavia after the Treaty of Trianon, but now its eventful life may go on for eternity in our protected hall. Its teak dining car was part of the Orient Express, and while it cannot be stated with certainty, it is by no means impossible that fate may have once brought together the 327 locomotive with its coal car and dining car, as it too served on the Orient line. In the Locomotive Hall, visitors are served at the circular reception desk, shaped like the OPERA logo and named Station Office according to the evocative terminology of the railway world.
