A HISTORIC steam train is set to pass through West Fife tomorrow (Friday).

The 46100 Royal Scot will haul two SRPS / Steam Dreams excursions which will set out from Edinburgh Waverley.

The first trip will depart Edinburgh at 12:04 and will pass through Inverkeithing at 12:29 – and 2.03pm on the way back – and Dunfermline Town at 1.32pm.

The afternoon excursion will depart Edinburgh Waverley and cross the Forth Bridge before heading into Fife and along the coast towards Kirkcaldy, passing the beaches at Burntisland and Kinghorn, before turning back inland via Dunfermline.

The train will head back over the Forth Bridge before heading back into Edinburgh.

The second trip will head off from Edinburgh at 18.17pm and pass through Inverkeithing at 18:42 and Dunfermline Town at 7.37pm.

The Forth Evening tour will depart Edinburgh Waverley and go over the Forth Bridge to Fife and pass along the coast towards Kirkcaldy, passing the Castle and beach at Aberdour and the beaches at Burntisland and Kinghorn, before turning back inland via Dunfermline.

The train will then head along the Forth Estuary onto a rarely used goods only line and pass Culross and the edge of Torry Bay Local Nature Reserve before passing through Alloa and past Stirling and Falkirk before arriving back in Edinburgh.

According to the tour operators, The Steam Dreams Rail company, the 46100 Royal Scot was built in 1927 for the fastest trains on the London Midland & Scottish Railway.

It was the first in a new breed of steam locomotives built by the LMS for their fastest passenger services from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.

She was chosen to appear on behalf of Britain at the 1933 'Century of Progress' exhibition in Chicago, USA. The locomotive as well as a full rake of carriages were shipped to the United States and appeared not only at the exhibition, but also toured the USA and Canada, even crossing the Rocky Mountains!

Royal Scot was rebuilt by British Railways in 1950 and went on to serve another 12 years in traffic on the West Coast Main Line.

She briefly returned to steam at Bressingham Steam Museum from 1972 to 1978 before spending almost the next 30 years as a static exhibit.

Royal Scot returned to steam at the Severn Valley Railway in September 2015.