Complex sentence: By the end of Second World War the SLNCR's locomotive fleet was in poor condition, but neither the Great Northern nor Córas Iompair Éireann could spare any suitable locomotives for hire.
Split into simpler sentences: By the end of Second World War the SLNCR's locomotive fleet was in poor condition. Sprinks, 1970, page 31 Neither the Great Northern nor Córas Iompair Éireann could spare any suitable locomotives for hire.