Complex sentence: Construction was started on the Avalon Peninsula in August 1881 by a group of investors; by 1884, the Newfoundland Railway Company had built 92 km (57 miles) west to Whitbourne before going into receivership.
Split into simpler sentences: Construction was started on the Avalon Peninsula in August 1881 by a group of investors. By 1884, the Newfoundland Railway Company had built 92 km (57 miles) west to Whitbourne before going into receivership.