carbarn

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Wood fires are not known for their steel-melting capacity, but after a carbarn fire a steel trolley car resembles a plastic model which has been left near a hot stove a little too long which trivially debunks the kooky theories.

lies 2006
In the carbarn you'll find rest and sweet peace of mind --

Life's Trolley Ride 1981
The structure had been a carbarn, Aristide had discovered, a dismal block-square red brick building which had been put up in 1887 when cable street cars had been the newest and most hopeful addition to the city's circulatory system.

A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
I loathe the B*sh junta and the nazgul they rode in on, but -- even though I'm not an expert (or any kind of structural engineer -- I can still find documentation (my favorite about the structural strength of steel is to point out what happens to steel trolley cars when the carbarn they're sitting in catches fire.

lies 2006