University Hospital of North Tees patients have been reminiscing as part of a large art project to celebrate 200 years of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
New signs are to be installed along the surviving parts of the 1825 Stockton-to-Darlington line to inform passengers of the historical significance of the line.
Tickets can now be booked for visits to the exhibition train named Inspiration that will tour the UK later this year as part of the Railway 200 celebrations.