Complex sentence: The South African Railways (SAR) placed orders for the design of the Class 3E 3 kV DC electric locomotive with Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovicks) in 1944 and twenty-eight were delivered and placed in service between 1947 and 1948, numbered E191 to E218.
Split into simpler sentences: The South African Railways (SAR) placed orders for the design of the Class 3E 3 kV DC electric locomotive with Metropolitan-Vickers (Metrovick) in 1944. Twenty-eight locomotives were delivered and placed in service in 1947 and 1948, numbered in the range from E191 to E218.