Complex sentence: The AWP and the Western Railway of Alabama had financial backing from the parent company of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, and from 1886 onward the AWP and the Western operated essentially as one railroad under the name "West Point Route".
Split into simpler sentences: The AWP and the Western Railway of Alabama had financial backing from the parent company of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. From 1886 onward the AWP and the Western operated essentially as one railroad under the name "West Point Route".