Desert Express Train

Desert Express Train is a small, family owned and operated Trackless Train Rental Company. We are a husband, wife, and three daughters team. At your event you can expect personable service, clean and safe train, a professional train engineer (driver) who will go above and beyond to meet your expectations. Most events include engineer's helpers, Conductor Katerina, and little conductors in training Kaitlyn, Xenia, and Zoe. To make your event more fun and memorable, we set up obstacle courses, provide bubble to blow on the train, allow you to enjoy a treat while riding, and more!

Biographies

Engineer Nick is a “geek” at heart. He is a software engineering manager, and worked in this field for over fifteen years. He has two US Patents and have created numerous inventions. His latest invention was a Portable Fuel System he engineered to be able to fuel his Cessna 140 with auto gas. Aside from being a pilot, he loves boats, jeeps, motorcycles, cars, trucks, tractors and as you probably already guessed – trains!

Nick is also a fix-it guy. Ever since acquiring the train, he has been working on improvements and additions, such as refurbishing and upgrading the train itself, as well as building a custom trailer.

He likes working with his hands as well as interacting with people and making new friends. He loves every opportunity to drive the train around.

Conductor Katerina s a perpetual student. She holds a Finance Degree from Arizona State University, Post- Bacc Degree in Teaching from Rio Salado College, and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Northcentral University. Her recent adventures include website development, small business marketing, networking and other small business related studies.

She enjoys the business aspects of Desert Express Train, as well as interactions with customers, and other small businesses. When not working on the business or taking classes, her busy days include taking care of the girls, Mickey the dog, two turtles, and household chores. Whenever possible, she enjoys gardening, reading, yoga, and horseback riding.

Kaitlyn is really good at helping daddy built things, such as the trailer. She loves coming to all the events, and is quite a social butterfly. Her interests include reading, art, swimming, gymnastics, and sewing.

Xenia really loves doing whatever Kaitlyn is doing at the time. When she joins us at large events, she loves to explore. Her interests include reading, art, swimming, dancing, and music.

Zoe is the baby of the family and she knows it! She loves to get involved in everything. She enjoys playing, reading, building with blocks, swimming, coloring, and whatever it is her sisters are doing at the time.