1944, John Frederick Nims, Selected Poems, University of Chicago Press (→ISBN), page 19:
TRAINWRECKED SOLDIERS
Death, that is small respecter of distinction,
Season or fitness, in an instant these
Tan casual heroes, floral with citation,
Scattered for blocks over the track
In lewd ridiculous poses, red and black.
1987, California. Supreme Court, Bancroft-Whitney Company, Reports of cases determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California
And the same reasoning would be especially apt in the case of trainwrecking, an anachronism that is rare in comparison with any of the section 1-89 felonies.
2008, Julia Cho, The Piano Teacher, Dramatists Play Service Inc (→ISBN), page 15:
No one had practiced enough, despite all my admonishments, my bribing, my pleading. And so it was no surprise that on the day of the recital, everyone was trainwrecking everywhere. (The sound of a piano cacophony.)
2014 (published), Paul Monette, West of Yesterday, East of Summer: New and Selected Poems (1973–1993) (→ISBN), Manifesto:
we need / the living alive to bucket Ronnie's House / with abattoirs of blood hand in hand lesions / across America need to trainwreck the whole / show till someone listens.
2015, Caroline Fardig, That Old Black Magic, Caroline Fardig (→ISBN):
Bethany squeaks a barely audible, “Yes,” grabs her purse, and rushes out of the restaurant, tripping over a chair and bumping into another customer on the way. I snicker. I can't believe my perfect first date with Blake was trainwrecked by McUncool doin her stalker thing.
2017, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Macmillan (→ISBN), page 131:
Apparently, early in the day, a journalist had decided to bring up his brother River Phoenix's death in his interview, which threw him off and trainwrecked the day for everyone, including me. Every celebrity has topics they don't want to go into, ...
