Trolley Park: Midway Memories

Trolley Park: Midway Memories is a half-hour documentary film that tells the story of Midway Park, revisits the history of trolley parks and serves as a reminder, an inspiration and a call to action for individuals and communities across this country. A reminder of what we can accomplish when we work together, an inspiration to get involved at the local level and a call to action. The time is now. We can solve our problems together.

Premiering on PBS on May 1st 2023 Trolley Park: Midway Memories has since been broadcast more than 500 times on over 200 PBS stations in 35 states.

Do you remember your first carousel ride? Filmmaker Peter Daulton does. While traveling near his hometown of Bradford, PA he discovered that Midway Park was not only still in existence but had barely changed in the years since he had first visited as a child in the mid-sixties. In fact, Midway Park, opened originally in 1898 on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in Western New York, remains almost unchanged to this day as one of the oldest continually operated amusement parks in the country and one of only twelve trolley parks still in existence. The story of how this park survived owes a lot to the family that owned the park, the New York State Park system and a dedicated group of volunteers.