It traverses through the fields and footbridges of the British countryside, passing through grandiose ticket halls, historic terminals and backwater stations. Francis Bourgeois is a TikTok legend making cheery videos about trainspotting who has brought the hobby to a much wider audience over the last couple of years. Thereafter, he began posting other collaborations to social media alongside Rosalía, Thierry Henry in a Puma advert, [44] and Sam Fender. However, when you go round and see people are happy to watch someone be enthusiastic about trains, its some good soft power for the hobby as it will encourage people to look at them through a different eye and potentially join the hobby . Pinty announces new mixtape 'Pinty's House' with singles 'Flex' and 'On My Own' Watch Francis Bourgeois cameo in the track's music video".

I was trainspotting most days and that kind of crept into my videos – then one thing led to another. Bourgeois is often characterised as recording himself through the fisheye lens of a GoPro mounted in front of his face [8] [9] [10] or by juxtaposing trainspotting with contemporary fashion. A signature component of Bourgeois' content is his incorporation of the GoPro fisheye lens, which distorts his face.He'd get off and all the kids on the platform who were filming the arrival would start chanting his name and asking for photos. In mid-February 2023, Bourgeois was sponsored by Prologis UK to visit their warehouse at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, a major rail freight hub in Northamptonshire. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. He has authored one book, The Trainspotter's Notebook, and currently hosts the on-going digital series Trainspotting with Francis Bourgeois for Channel 4.

TikTok trainspotter Francis Bourgeois responds to accusations that he's 'fake' – and people are emotional". The adventure filled memoir from the world's most beloved trainspotter, TikTok sensation Francis Bourgeois. He sounds a genuine guy with a certain type of railway enthuisiasm discuss his hobby* with others in the studio. At times funny and heart-warming, meditative and reflective, and always joyous, The Trainspotter's Notebook is an ode to the places and people of the railway from the internet's most beloved trainspotter.In fact, these days even rail enthusiasts will normally shy away from using this term for themselves.

Francis isn't having any of this - he is an open and proud trainspotter who encourages all rail fans to nail their colours to the mast. Told in his inimitable style, these hilarious and heart-warming tales take you behind the scenes of his most popular videos, and celebrate the places and people of the railway. He then rekindled his trainspotting pastime during the period of COVID-19 restrictions and frequented the Pot Lane overbridge in Berkley on the edge of Frome. Watching him convulse with happiness as a British Rail Class 390 Pendolino screams past him is – and I mean this with all the respect in the world – exactly the same as watching the Roswell alien undergo several bouts of electroshock therapy.

In one picture he was topless and flexing his muscles, which by all accounts is a deeply unBourgeois thing to do. I look down and pull up my sleeve- I've got goosebumps, making all the hairs on my arm stand on end. Not my usual genre and if honest I had never heard of Francis - however it had a few things in its favour…. It felt amazing to be able to share my passion with my friends for my birthday, which was on the 9th July" – via Instagram. In the promotional video, Bourgeois is seen admiring freights on site, as well as scootering through their warehouse.