It has now been approximately one month since anyone has reported seeing one of the new Millennium trains. In July 2002 a corporation known as Cityrail unveiled a new line of trains that would take to the railway network in the metro state of New South Wales. Only a week after a flurry of media coverage it would seem now that the trains are missing, feared kidnapped.
The trains were not without a history. They were ridiculed time and time again when the media at large would criticize Cityrail for delaying the rollout of the promised trains. With a slick design they were welcomed warmly into the arms of hundreds of train travellers privileged enough to have spotted one while they were still around. At the same time that the reports of their disappearance have filtered through passengers of the network have started seeing old Silver Rattlers donning full bright yellow doors. The very same style of doors that were last seen on the Millennium Trains.
A commuter known only as "Don" was commented as saying, "Don't ask me, I wouldn't give a shit!" as he boarded a shuttle operated by a well-known brothel.
Written on Friday, 6 September 2002