His book aims to “immerse readers in the sights and sounds of the railway” as he recounts his most memorable trainspotting adventures.

In January 2022, he signed with the Books division of YMU, an international talent management company, [38] and he became a brand ambassador for GB Railfreight.In January 2022, he was featured in the second chapter of a partnership between Gucci and The North Face. It's an interest that covers a very wide range of involvement from just enjoying being a passenger to living the intricacies of all aspects of railway history, operation and social life. Throughout his adolescence, his hobbies consisted of BMX, mountain biking, and going to the skate park. As a Rail enthusiast, yeah i admit Francis stuff isn't something i would watch and i think the hobby already has good ambassadors.

Henry Vines, the editorial director, said: “It is impossible to watch Francis’ videos without a huge smile on your face, and his book delivers an equal dose of joy and entertainment. I especially enjoyed his discussions about his content, how that is viewed by other trainspotters, and how its changed the way they interact with him. It's no more unusual than quite a few posters on RUK that seem to have some psycological dependency on travelling on every train of an indential class, or cover every inch of a line in both directions including sidings and relief tracks. In one picture he was topless and flexing his muscles, which by all accounts is a deeply unBourgeois thing to do. On 18 November 2022, Trainline launched a social campaign featuring Bourgeois and Craig David to raise awareness of the environmental benefits of traveling by train.In the promotional video, Bourgeois is seen admiring freights on site, as well as scootering through their warehouse. 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 . He developed an interest in trains during his early childhood, [10] noting his parents and grandparents became aware of his interest when he was "about three. Nothing wrong with that but I just hope the media establishment doesn't sink their fangs into him, suck out all the goodness over time and leave him high and dry when he's no longer 'profitable'.