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The Trainspotter's Notebook: The unmissable book from TikTok's trainspotting sensation

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Either that, or he happens to be a world-class actor who for some reason has chosen to harness his talents for the exclusive purpose of smiling at trains on the internet. I've just been listening to Saturday Live on R4, and found Francis Bourgeois's contribution quite interesting. He sounds a genuine guy with a certain type of railway enthuisiasm discuss his hobby* with others in the studio.

In April 2022, he performed a tailwhip on stage during a Sam Fender concert, who he met at the NME Awards a month prior.From sleeping in a car to get a good shot of 73962 Dick Mabbutt to trainspotting with Joe Jonas, Francis Bourgeois has been on one hell of a ride over the past year. Francis comes over as such a nice thoughtdul person, and his passion for trains is relliad in a way that is like nothing I have read / listened to before. 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.

In October 2021, two of his videos went viral, the first featuring him at Brighton railway station reacting to a GB Class 73/9 locomotive and the name it was given, "Dick Mabutt"; this video accumulated over 12 million views. I found them so wholesome and I enjoyed hearing the passion and the love in his voice for what he does.I look down and pull up my sleeve- I've got goosebumps, making all the hairs on my arm stand on end. After the success of the initial five episodes, the network commissioned three more episodes of Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois for production, which will air in 2023.

At least his former friend Ryan Windridge is still presenting as his true self and living a normal life.Tik Tok star Francis Bourgeois' legendary trainspotting videos are 100 percent the best thing to come out of 2021". After visiting the Peco factory at Pecorama in Devon at the age of four, his grandmother gave him his first model railway set, a Hornby [9] [24] set consisting of a " Pannier tank and some old freight wagons"; his set would gradually receive additions at Christmas and birthdays. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

In the first year of his social media presence, it was widely believed that Bourgeois had borrowed his moniker from the 18th-century court painter of the same name. Trainspotting With Francis Bourgeois is a series of shorts for Channel 4 Digital, and sees Bourgeois accompany various celebrities through locomotive-based activities. As he makes his way up a carriage looking for a seat, Bourgeois is peppered with dirty looks and muttered asides and, in one instance, a two-finger salute.

Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the railway as the world's most famous trainspotter and TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois, takes you on an epic journey and shows you the joy of following your own passions. We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. 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.

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