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Long-term Debt Term Loan & Installments (Details) (Loans Payable [Member])
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Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
United States Term Loan [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
United States Term Loan [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
United States Term Loan [Member]
Period 1 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
United States Term Loan [Member]
Period 2 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
United States Term Loan [Member]
Period 3 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Australian Term Loan [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Australian Term Loan [Member]
AUD
Dec. 31, 2013
Australian Term Loan [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Australian Term Loan [Member]
AUD
Dec. 31, 2014
Australian Term Loan [Member]
Period 1 [Member]
AUD
Dec. 31, 2014
Australian Term Loan [Member]
Period 2 [Member]
AUD
Dec. 31, 2014
Australian Term Loan [Member]
Period 3 [Member]
AUD
Prepayments Of Debt   $ 113,000,000gwr_PrepaymentsOfDebt
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$ 79,000,000gwr_PrepaymentsOfDebt
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      $ 47,000,000gwr_PrepaymentsOfDebt
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53,000,000gwr_PrepaymentsOfDebt
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$ 23,600,000gwr_PrepaymentsOfDebt
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24,000,000gwr_PrepaymentsOfDebt
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Long-term debt   1,400,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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        133,900,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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163,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage   1.67%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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        4.19%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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4.19%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Debt Instrument, Frequency of Periodic Payment quarterly                        
Principal amount of each quarterly installment       19,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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38,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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          2,710,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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5,420,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentPrincipal
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Principal amount of quarterly installment at maturity date           $ 989,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentTermsBalloonPaymentToBePaid
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            104,180,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentPeriodicPaymentTermsBalloonPaymentToBePaid
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