Operating Segment and Sales Concentrations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Segment reporting information

The information in the following table is derived from the segments’ internal financial reports used by the Company’s management for purposes of assessing segment performance and for making decisions about allocation of resources.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
	Revenues
	External		Intersegment			Total			Earnings (Loss) from Operations
	(in thousands)
Manufacturing	$	40,766	$	39,783		$	80,549		$	(1,894	)
Railcar leasing (1)	32,427		—			32,427			26,640
Railcar services	26,791		852			27,643			2,731
Corporate	—		—			—			(5,705		)
Eliminations	—		(40,635		)	(40,635		)	122
Total Consolidated	$	99,984	$	—		$	99,984		$	21,894
	Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
	Revenues
	External		Intersegment			Total			Earnings (Loss) from Operations
	(in thousands)
Manufacturing	$	68,442	$	33,625		$	102,067		$	3,733
Railcar leasing	33,440		—			33,440			19,029
Railcar services	18,864		976			19,840			1,941
Corporate	—		—			—			(4,603		)
Eliminations	—		(34,601		)	(34,601		)	(553		)
Total Consolidated	$	120,746	$	—		$	120,746		$	19,547
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
	Revenues
	External		Intersegment			Total			Earnings (Loss) from Operations
	(in thousands)
Manufacturing	$	194,347	$	62,837		$	257,184		$	4,784
Railcar leasing (1)	101,352		—			101,352			58,054
Railcar services	67,051		5,063			72,114			7,412
Corporate	—		—			—			(14,016		)
Eliminations	—		(67,900		)	(67,900		)	4,062
Total Consolidated	$	362,750	$	—		$	362,750		$	60,296
	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
	Revenues
	External		Intersegment			Total			Earnings (Loss) from Operations
	(in thousands)
Manufacturing	$	184,255	$	149,171		$	333,426		$	20,183
Railcar leasing	100,992		—			100,992			56,529
Railcar services	59,200		3,191			62,391			6,986
Corporate	—		—			—			(13,828		)
Eliminations	—		(152,362		)	(152,362		)	(6,258		)
Total Consolidated	$	344,447	$	—		$	344,447		$	63,612

(1)— The earnings from operations for the leasing segment include the impact of a gain recorded for a customer's early lease termination payment. The impact of this gain on the leasing segment operating earnings was $10.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and zero for the same periods in 2017. The earnings from operations for the leasing segment also include the impact of an impairment loss recognized on certain railcars within the Company's lease fleet. The impact of the impairment loss was zero and $(3.6) million, net of an intercompany elimination of $8.0 million, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and zero for the same periods in 2017.

Total Assets	September 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(in thousands)
Manufacturing	$	223,949		$	212,508
Railcar leasing	1,415,264			1,375,315
Railcar services	69,032			59,814
Corporate/Eliminations	(210,409		)	(174,211		)
Total Consolidated	$	1,497,836		$	1,473,426

Schedule of sales to related parties

Below is a summary of revenue from affiliates for each operating segment reflected as a percentage of total consolidated revenue.

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Manufacturing	2.6	%	0.2	%	0.7	%	0.1	%
Railcar leasing	0.4	%	0.2	%	0.3	%	0.2	%
Railcar services	—	%	1.0	%	—	%	3.4	%

Sales Revenue, Segment [Member]

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Schedules of sales and credit concentration

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Manufacturing revenues from significant customers	—	%	34.7	%	26.9	%	13.9	%