Rental Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	$ 2,228,163	$ 2,098,021
Accumulated depreciation	(421,153)	(349,810)
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	1,807,010	1,748,211	[1]
Dry Containers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	1,322,508	1,392,825
Refrigerated Containers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	350,776	308,374
Other Specialized Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	164,934	152,310
Railcars [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Rental equipment, gross	389,945	$ 244,512
Rental equipment, net of accumulated depreciation	$ 370,100

[1] Amounts for the year ended December 31, 2015 have been restated for immaterial corrections of identified errors relating to prepaid loan fees (see Note 2 (b) "Correction of Immaterial Errors").