Our Story

Hello!  We are Ben and Beth VanHoose, owners of 66 Trains.  This is our first business venture, and we are loving it!

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We have made Kingman our home since 2008.  We are both from the Midwest, Ben from Indiana, and Beth from Missouri.

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Ben is the face of 66 Trains.  He is a former railroad engineer and conductor.  During his 15-year railroad career, he worked for CSX, CNUR (Connersville & New Castle Railroad), Watco/Kansas City Terminal Railroad and Patriot Rail/Kingman Terminal Railroad. He has also been a model railroad enthusiast since he was a young boy, a long, long time ago. 

Opening 66 Trains is the culmination of a lifetime's interest in trains, big and small. He currently has an HO scale layout at home, focusing on Nickel Plate and N&W in the 70's.

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Beth is currently employed by Kingman Unified School District during the week and will join Ben at 66 Trains during the weekends. Her interest in model railroading began just a few years ago.  She is currently working on an N scale layout, modeling ATSF along Arizona's Route 66, as she imagines it would have been in the 1950s and 60s. She also sells vintage, antiques and collectibles online.

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We have 3 dogs, and you may see one or more occasionally at the store.