Old Track in South Shields

See the previous post of 5 January 2019 about South Shields Stations for some background.

There are still rails in Shadwell Street, looking west towards Wapping Street .....

..... which are shown at the top of this map, down the bank from River Drive towards the Tyne:

The line curved round to meet the LNER line under the B1302
River Drive concrete bridge - next to the turntable at bottom left
(1941 OS map extract copyright of National Library of Scotland)

The container office stands where the lines met - the turntable pit to the left
of the container has recently been filled, & the track level raised

On the other side of the River Drive bridge, the metro training centre takes shape
- viewed from a similar standpoint as that showing the steam locos at the end of 
South Shields station in the January 2019 post 

The opposite end of the training facility, roughly on the NE end of the NER station

Three quarters of a mile upriver, a section of track leading
to the Harton high staiths remains in West Holborn
(viewed looking inland, with the Tyne behind the camera)

The crossing is shown top left of the map below (between WES & T):

The approach to these staiths was between the houses & under 
Commercial Road - it turned almost 180 degrees to run alongside
Railway Terrace, passing twice on the skew under the NER branch
(1912 OS map extract copyright of National Library of Scotland)

The Harton Coal Company route is now a footpath - the stone wall to the left
carried the bridges & NER track under which the HCC route looped

There is a photograph of Tanfield Railway's HCC No.10 in this area on Flickr - location not quite known.

See the post of 27 April 2015 about North Tyneside's HCC No.4 for a marvellous photo of No.4  250 yards along from here (top right of above map), passing under the trolleybus wires on Laygate with the NER/LNER/BR line running alongside & above.

Finally, where else is there long-disused track in South Shields?