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The locomotive with three funnels is a Southern Railway 'King Arthur' Class 4-6-0 No. 783 called "Sir Gillemere". He was amongst the batch of King Arthurs known as the "Scotch Arthurs", having being built by the North British Locomotive Co. Ltd in Glasgow. Also, he was fitted with these three stove-pipe funnels as an experiment to reduce exhaust steam, making him less visible to enemy aircraft during the 2nd World War. "Sir Gillemere" only carried these three funnels for a few months. However, in January 1941, he had another experimental rebuild, only to be fitted with two side funnels.

NOTE: All this information regarding "Sir Gillimere"'s funnel experiments came from one of my railway books, "Images Of Hampshire & Isle Of Wight Railways" by Maurice Dart.