BACK TO THE COAST

In the last post I left you by the Tyne at Bill Quay. In this one, we'll end up in South Shields, but first we must visit Hebburn and Reyrolle & Co's works, where we find EE 512-1920 4wbe.

More electric railed transport on the Metro at Hebburn station.

Onwards to Jarrow and Palmer's Shipyard around 1920.

The launch of battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary at Palmer's Shipbuilding Jarrow-on-Tyne 1912.

Christ Church, Jarrow (Creative Commons License).

More historically important, the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (Creative Commons License).

Jarrow is served by the Tyne & Wear Metro.

Back in 1984 there was still freight traffic on the National Rail network at Jarrow, including a resident shunter.

Northern General's Jarrow depot was opposite the Metro station.

A five minute walk away, according to Whatpub, is the Ben Lomond, seen here as a Wetherspoons, but now owned by Greene King.

Back in 2004, the Robin Hood, a mile or so out of town, was home to Jarrow Brewery. It's now a restaurant and has no real ale.

We pass through Simonside to reach South Shields and, in the Bede Industrial Estate, we find Northern 3545 (Richard Huggins).

Down to the Tyne at South Shields, and here's a postcard view of the shipping, with Tynemouth beyond.

Looking up river in 2013.

A DFDS ferry passes by.

A collier loads up at the staithes in South Shields - 1986.

The NCB's Harton electric railway system brought coal to the staithes. Loco no. 14 is seen in 1973.

In the main yard, locos 9 and 2 rest for a while in 1977.

In the line's latter days, the NCB locos received a blue livery, as applied to no.2 about to enter the tunnel down to the staithes in 1987. The line closed shortly afterwards.

In 1981, a DMU arrives in adverse weather at South Shields, not long before the Metro took over the line.

A Metro set at South Shields in 2009.

There's another railway in South Shields, running around a lake in the park.

In 1977, a vintage vehicle rally was held in South Shields and was attended by this Maidstone & District Leyland.

Later rallies have seen a good variety of road transport.

That's it for now. In the next post, we'll look at the buses and pubs of Soouth Shields. Here's a link to the route so far.