 Thomas moved to Lima and started the Thomas Communion Service Company in 1893 and it was sold in 1972.For many years the Northern Ohio Railroad maintained a passenger and freight station in Vaughnsville, and later a telegraph outlet, later Northern Ohio Railroad was bought by the Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad, Trains #90/95 were known as the "Delphos Bullet", it was a mixed use train of freight and passenger that ran the entire 165 mile run from Akron to Delphos.The last run of this trip was on July 20, 1951 and was Ohio's last mixed train.