Complex sentence: At Rosmead the Cape Midlands linked up with the Cape Eastern out of East London in 1883, Noupoort was reached that same year and the link-up with the Cape Western out of Cape Town was made at De Aar on 31 March 1884.
Split into simpler sentences: At Rosmead the Cape Midland linked up with the Cape Eastern out of East London in 1883 and Noupoort was reached that same year. One headed northwestward and linked up with the Cape Western out of Cape Town at De Aar on 31 March 1884.