A.) For well over 100 years, electric trains have appeared in shop windows, displays, and the eyels of toy stores. B.) One company began as a manafactuer of fans, and it built its first toy train to serve as part of a store display.

C.) Costomers ignored the other products in the display, asking instead where they could purchase the toy train set.

D.) The founder of the company quit making fans and began making toy trains to meet the demand.

E.) The popularity of his train sets led other companies to make toy trains, and by 1920 many companies faced feirce competition.

F.) To make products attractive to buyers, trains were created more colorful than others on the market.