Rental Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	$ 2,119,816	$ 2,098,021
Accumulated depreciation	(368,471)	(349,810)
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	1,751,345	1,748,211
Dry Containers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	1,397,854	1,392,825
Refrigerated Containers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	320,854	308,374
Other Specialized Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	130,982	152,310
Railcars [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	270,126	$ 244,512
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	$ 258,000

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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