Meet Teddy, the two-year-old trainspotter who loves platform announcements

May Teddy be the subsequent Francis Bourgeois? (Image: Kennedy Information)

For those who love Francis Bourgeois of trainspotting TikTok fame, you’ll be an enormous fan of Teddy Dyson.

The 2-year-old, who is probably the UK’s youngest trainspotter, went viral on TikTok after his mum, Charlie Pote, 28, recorded her son ready at Streatham Widespread prepare station to identify not less than one prepare, a day by day ritual for the pair.

Within the clip, Teddy beams with pleasure after his mum tells him that the subsequent arrival will likely be from ‘platform 4, for the 12.09 service to London Waterloo’. 

The video has seen viewers likening the toddler to Francis Bourgeois, who has been trainspotting with the likes of Joe Jonas.

‘Teddy’s obsessive about trains,’ stated Charlie, from Streatham, London.

The pair wait on the footpath close to Streatham Widespread prepare station each morning to observe the trains go by.

‘We've got to attend till not less than one goes previous then we are able to go,’ Charlie defined.

Teddy additionally asks his mum to recite platform bulletins at residence – and it by no means will get previous.

‘He doesn’t speak a lot however he simply says “prepare on the platform London”,’ stated the mum.

‘I say “on the platform” and provides him the platform the prepare departs from and he pulls that face.’

Teddy’s love for trains was borne out of a magnetic prepare set which he acquired as a present (Image: Kennedy Information and Media)

Teddy additionally loves watching trainspotting movies on YouTube.

Charlie stated: ‘Thank god there are folks on the market who movie trains on their platforms and put them on YouTube as a result of I’m the one who watches them.’ 

Teddy’s love for trains began when a pal of Charlie purchased him just a little magnetic prepare set. 

‘He’s solely bought three on a small monitor,’ Charlie stated. ‘On the monitor, it says Teddy’s First Practice Monitor.’

Teddy may be the youngest trainspotter within the UK (Image: Kennedy Information and Media)

Charlie says she uploaded the clip of her son to TikTok for ‘enjoyable’.

‘He’s one of many youngest trainspotters,’ she says. 

‘Somebody tagged Francis Bourgeois in [the video] too. 

‘I haven’t had a response from him that I’ve seen.’

One commenter urged Francis Bourgeois, who now has 2.6million followers on the platform, to take Teddy trainspotting with him. 

One viewer stated: ‘Please he must go prepare recognizing with @francis.bourgeois.’

One other added: ‘@Francis Bourgeois he’s in early coaching.’