Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of Number of Locomotives and Payments under Long-term Maintenance Program (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) locomotive	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) locomotive	Dec. 30, 2016 USD ($) locomotive
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Amounts Paid \| $	$ 145	$ 197	$ 230
Number of Locomotives \| locomotive	1,910	2,062	2,243

Cost of maintenance incurred and directly related to good produced and service rendered.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03(b)(2))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=115205541&loc=SL114868664-224227

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