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He is also known for his penchant for scootering, which he frequently incorporates into his videos and other public appearances. Despite there being "far less railway action," he says the nearby Whatley Quarry continued to pique his interest and evolve his passion for freight trains. When he started on TikTok, his gently eccentric performance made me wonder if this was a cleverly constructed comical portrail of a 'train spotter' minus the taped together health specs.

In the book, Francis takes you along on his “most memorable trainspotting adventures” as he travels along the “fields and footbridges of the British countryside, passing through grandiose ticket halls, historic terminals and backwater stations. Halfway through the episode, Bourgeois takes Lingard to a diesel festival, where train enthusiasts pour on to diesel trains just for the thrill of the ride. Bourgeois' initial TikTok posts consisted of fake "interviews" and comedic doctored videos of himself conversing with celebrities over Instagram Live, including British rapper Swarmz, drill artist Digga D, and alt-pop artist Billie Eilish, as well as Kylie Jenner, [32] which garnered him an early following. It's worth having a listen, the relevant section starts at 45 minutes into the programme on the BBC Sounds recording.

It happens in the end, but only after something much more momentous than you would expect from an 11-minute YouTube video. In 2022, he attended Daniel Fletcher's February and September AW22 London Fashion Week runway shows, [103] [104] where he met Tom Daley ten months before the two would reconvene for Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois. Transferring my stories to the page, I’ve relived the huge moments of exhilaration that people have connected with in my videos. In November 2021, Bourgeois was invited by Sacha Lord to visit and promote Manchester's Warehouse Project, a club that caters to the rave scene. Yeah i admit the following have done some good work for the hobby (Geoff Marshall, Jago Hazzard, Sams trains, Lawries Mechanical marvels, Tim Dunn and Chris Eden Green) but the reality is very few people will see any of their stuff as unless you see Geoff on Youtube Trending and watch out of curiosity or watch 'Architecture the railways built' on Channel Yesterday.Indeed, except he's not an actor, but gives the impression that either he's slightly dodgy so needs to use an alias or believes himself to be 'famous' enough that he needs an alias to protect his real identity and privacy in some way.