54 year old Lackawanna MU's are on an NJT rush hour train approaching Convent Station, NJ. In one month the DC power distribution system would be retired along with all
of the heavyweight MU's. About half of the 283 cars built would be preserved by various tourist RR's around the country.
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.