People who booked a trip through Courier Country on a steam train have been offered a full refund.
Tornado made international headlines when it raced in a Top Gear special between London and Edinburgh, vying with Richard Hammond’s vintage motorbike and James May’s Jaguar.
It was due to pass through Fife during two separate trips on June 16, with passengers paying up to £86 for a first-class ticket and £59 standard fare.
However, the morning trip has now been cancelled and passengers offered a refund after the tour organisers said there were insufficient resources to crew the train.
The afternoon trip is going ahead, but is fully booked.
Completed in 2008, the A1 Class 60163 tornado was the first steam locomotive of its kind built in the UK since Evening Star in 1960.
The Tornado’s visit comes just two months after the Union of South Africa caused a stir as it travelled through the Mearns, Angus, Dundee and Fife.
The afternoon Forth Circle Steam Special which goes ahead will see the Tornado travel east from Edinburgh Waverley station then west through Linlithgow and Falkirk to Stirling.
The train will continue over the recently reopened line through Alloa and Clackmannan to Kincardine and along the coast through Culross to Dunfermline.
The final part of the journey is on the Fife Circle to Kirkcaldy, along the north shore of the Firth of Forth through Kinghorn, Burntisland and Aberdour and south over the Forth Bridge to Edinburgh.