[b]"This wall should hold for a bit,"[/b] he managed to choke out. 

Otto put his foot on the hatch opposite the wall's summit, and heaved his way to the trolley's roof. The gears for the pulley system were rusted. It looked as if they hadn't been maintained (or even noticed) since the trolley was put into service. [b]"Figures.."[/b] He pulled the gear assembly upwards on it's hinge and rigged it onto the same thick cable the motor was attached to. The motor smelled of burnt windings and showed visible signs it had lost the fight against lightning. It would take a minute or two to break through the motor and detach it from the cable, hence holding the trolley in place.

[b]"Young man,"[/b]he looked towards Liam. [b]"...pull the brake lever. It's right there, by your leg. Give it a hard tug. We don't want this piece of scrap falling to the earth when I get this motor detached!"[/b] He leaned down and hollered at two other fellows--Florence and Ethan--hoping for one of them to have the wherewithal to take lead,[b]"If we have stragglers nearby, they should be here with us. And one of you lend me a strong back to get this damned thing off!![/b] 

The motor was all but disconnected...it was one strong tug from biting the dust and enabling the trolley's crew to wind itself down 25 meters to the next landing.