Information about Dr. Tinker
Introduction
Personal Experience
Hello! from Dr. Tinker
Dr. Tinker's thoughts about the state of the art of trains
How to contact Dr. Tinker
Payment and Policies
Links /Advertising on Dr. Tinker's website
Introduction
Personal Experience
Hello! from Dr. Tinker
Dr. Tinker's thoughts about the state of the art of trains
How to contact Dr. Tinker
Payment and Policies
Links /Advertising on Dr. Tinker's website
Some history...
Sixteen-year-old David Laughridge won the West Palm Beach, Florida YMCA electric train contest in the fall of 1949 and received this handsome trophy as well as the title "Casey Jones of the YMCA." David beat out 32 other contestants with a stripped down Lionel 671 turbine. Little did David know that his love of tinkering and toy trains would lead to a fulfilling career in the toy train field!
In January of 1967, David, then Director of Design for the Lionel Toy Corporation, appeared on the syndicated "Wendy Barry Show" to promote the new Lionel line.
Later in 1967, David (second from left) appeared on the "Mike Douglas Show" Here, David shows a Lionel display layout to Mike Douglas, comedian Allan Sherman and actor Chris George.
David Laughridge's work has been everyone else's play. It was Laughridge who developed the name and proprietary concept for the world-famous Nerf ball.
David, who was manager of research and development at Parker Bros. in Salem, MA, also designed the package, shown here.