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Ownership Percentage Sold

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Remaining Ownership Amount Purchased

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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The cash inflow associated with the sale of equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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The number of units (items of property) under operating lease arrangements.

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INVESTMENTS - Narrative (Details) shipping_container in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($) shipping_container	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 180,550		$ 175,872
Long Ridge Terminal LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage Sold			49.90%
Proceeds from Sale of Equity Method Investments	150,000
Carrying value	155,397		$ 152,172
Ownership percentage			50.00%
Advanced Engine Repair JV
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 24,652		$ 23,467	$ 15,000
Ownership percentage			25.00%	25.00%
Equity method investment contribution amount		$ 13,500
JGP Energy Partners LLC
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage				50.00%
Remaining ownership amount purchased	50.00%
Payments to acquire equity method investments	$ 30,000
Intermodal Finance I, Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Carrying value	$ 501		$ 233
Ownership percentage			51.00%
Shipping Containers Subject to Multiple Operating Leases \| Containers \| Intermodal Finance I, Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Shipping containers subject to multiple operating leases \| shipping_container			3
FIG \| Intermodal Finance I, Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage					51.00%
Equity Investor \| Intermodal Finance I, Ltd.
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage					49.00%