Susquehanna Budd RDC M-4 is stopped eastbound at the station on River Street. Hackensack's only skyscraper, the People's Trust building, is seen on the right. This structure now suffers water damage and its future is in doubt.
Thanks largely to mergers and bankruptcies, New Jersey's commuter railroads underwent profound changes between the end of steam and the takeover by NJ Transit in 1983.