Bringing joy to millions, his epic journeys have highlighted the importance of connecting with your passions. I personally am not on TikTok (or even know much about it) so have never watched his stuff, but it does fascinate me to see how young people react when he's around.

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. The thing is that when it comes to the 'sad man' jokes that many hobbies have faced, they have usually had a resurgence and have seen a new influx of poeple going into it with an open mind and with mainly good results. This is an utterly joyful book and I’m delighted that Francis’ debut has found the perfect home with Transworld. Thereafter, he began posting other collaborations to social media alongside Rosalía, Thierry Henry in a Puma advert, [44] and Sam Fender. I look down and pull up my sleeve- I've got goosebumps, making all the hairs on my arm stand on end.In a BBC Radio 1 interview, he demonstrated his ability to identify the make and model of a train by its horn sound. Writing this book has allowed me to verbalise the pure joy I feel through my hobby, and I hope that The Trainspotter’s Notebook inspires readers to reconnect with their childhood passions and embrace every part of themselves wholeheartedly. 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.

Afterward, Bourgeois appeared on the Gucci Podcast alongside Bryanboy to discuss the relationship between fashion and social media. Why everyone – from Joe Jonas to Gucci – is obsessed with TikTok trainspotting sensation Francis Bourgeois".We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

He sounds a genuine guy with a certain type of railway enthuisiasm discuss his hobby* with others in the studio. 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.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. Throughout his adolescence, his hobbies consisted of BMX, mountain biking, and going to the skate park. After his trainspotting videos began to go viral during the pandemic, Bourgeois has gained millions of fans drawn to his enthusiasm and the sense of joy he shares as he pursues his passion for trains. My heart in the last remarks of the book 🥺 I also appreciated the audio clips of the different trains and his reactions to him. In the photographs and a promotional short film by Highsnobiety, [11] he plays the part of a train conductor travelling the Swiss Alps, which were superimposed.