BEST OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF TRUCKING: SEASON 4 FINALE

A Phantom Lane video featuring vintage photos curated and colorized by Thor Norvegian. Phantom Lane takes you on a nostalgic ride into the golden age of over-the-road trucking to remember the long-forgotten phantoms of the fast lane. Enjoy the view!
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[@CrampedGrampy]

5:34 Reminds me of a similar truck dad had parked in our farmyard for a few weeks about 1952. No idea where it came from. Its life was changed to a farm trailer for hauling hay and straw bales near Macedon Center N.Y. Great old photos, thank you. It's obvious a lot of work went into this presentation.

[@1219magnum]

In '67, I was 13 travelling from Tx to CA and remember seeing Navajo and Digby Golden Arrow Route trux in AZ. Thanx for these clips.

[@bobball3719]

Once again, Got to see. the girls again. Thank you.

[@kenuber4014]

That was a blast form the past!! Thanks!

[@paulbergen9114]

Some fine equipment out there and those classic old warehouses and loading dock

[@robertovalverdecamacho7226]

Mil Gracias por el video.....Gran Trabajo como siempre.....Preciosos camiones....Saludos desde Costa Rica......

[@daleyhanson5889]

My feet are tired keeping up with that "beat,, can't help it,,,,Lol,, Thanks for a great video 👍

[@tmacs311]

Thanks for video Thor 👍👍

[@jackhill436]

It’s sad seeing all these old tractor trailer rigs I sure miss when I was a kid traveling with my parents and eating in the old truck stops those were such good times I used to love seeing those old rigs rolling down the hwy at night it was such a peaceful feeling

[@rce8540]

Hey phantom. Made my morning.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great pics!!! 👍👍

[@rogercyr1551]

Thanks! Love your compilations! See you again soon, I hope!

[@DennisMurtha-eg7ld]

Awesome as always thankyou. Really enjoy everything you do😊

[@danielperry3008]

Love and remember the blue eyed Indian,big outfit then,and the inside cabs cold steel door panels and little 4 inch heater down in far right corner,never could get warm but I'd do it again.KOT,thanks.

[@garydionne1357]

Ohh yeah 👍👍👍, white walls, and twin stacks, makes my day , and always Kool to see tire chains a hanging , you got got the front door phantom , come on, and great day to you, and we gone,east bound and down,

[@j.j.mahanyjr776]

Sad to see the nuber of trucking companies that no longer exsist and the number of truck manufacturers that are gone as well.

[@jakebrakebill]

at least the pictures still exist

[@iBackshift]

I wonder what brand of COE that was with the "transfer lane" livery. I think Delchers is the same brand of COE. I dont know why these vintage vids make me feel sentimental for old times. Maybe because it was a time of normalcy.

[@dr.jiIIaIicecooper2587]

I'm fairly young and I would rather live in times of those trucks than today.

[@terryanderson4366]

A new channel called Cookin up Trucking appears to be good. They are a mature elder team with USA pulling dry van. PLEASE give them a view and start

[@Colorado_Native]

At 1:19 what make and model was that? Thanks.

[@earlblackjackmartinjr5750]

In 67 I was 14 not far from getting my chauffeurs license.

[@earlblackjackmartinjr5750]

My daddy was a deputy sheriff and also ran a fuel stop on Rt 100 coming into Pearisburg VA in south West Virginia in the Appalachian mountains half a mile from the trail. My daddy had put me up in the cab at 2years old and at 15 I was driving a R77 Euclid haul truck which turned into over 50 years trucking driving all 48 in everything but a parking lot, never hauled cars. No I'm 71 shifting gears with 2 cains.

[@jhonsiders6077]

Can you just see some one wanting the Indian removed from their logo nowadays ! Wow so many of those old companies now gone. Yellow just bit the dust after almost 100 years !

[@stardust-rv7mr]

Gateway transportation??

[@ourv9603]

What made it the golden age was that freight rates were set by the us gov so everyone made a decent living even the drivers. You can thank the GOP who had Reagan sign off on a dereg bill and all the carriers had to fight tooth & nail to beat each other out of loads. The first place they cut costs was driver pay and it has been that way ever since. REMEMBER, its nothing personal, its busine$$. !

[@rolandsolomon7728]

That was actually Jimmy Carter who deregulated trucking. Reagan deregulated the air traffic control industry.

[@ourv9603]

Those were the days BUT its all coming to an end. Ca, Or, Wa & Ny have all set 2040 as the date when all heavy equipment must be powered with clean energy. Meaning Hydrogen or Electric. I think Electric is going to win as it almost has right now. ALSO, all the big carriers are currently investing $M maybe $B into self driving tech companies. Once they perfect the tech, drivers will no longer be needed. The roads will be filled with robotrucks rolling 24/7 stopping only to fuel & service. Time for drivers to find a new career. Tesla is looking for people to train as Tesla simi techs. !

[@jhonsiders6077]

Never happen in bad weather they will just stop will always have to have the human element in some way. I’m in the trucking biz heavy haul and construction hauling that cannot be automated.

[@stephenbowles7153]

was not representative of most trucking back then