Complex sentence: In 1899 the Midland Railway (MR), the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and the Great Central Railway all purchased examples from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the USA; the MR also bought ten from the Schenectady Locomotive Works at the same time.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1899 the Midland Railway (MR), the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and the Great Central Railway all purchased examples from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the USA. The MR also bought ten from the Schenectady Locomotive Works at the same time.