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Shareholders' Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Mar. 31, 2014
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)        
Common stock authorized under repurchase program   $ 200,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1   $ 250,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Stock repurchases, Shares (1,900,000)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares (1,400,000)us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares 0us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodShares  
Payments for stock repurchases $ (124,600,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ (68,600,000)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock $ 0us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock  
Common stock, shares authorized 120,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 120,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized    
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share $ 0.625us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.625us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare    
Common stock, shares issued 66,600,984us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 66,349,906us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued    
Common stock, shares outstanding 44,198,850us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding 45,868,698us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding    
Series A and B $2.50 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock [Member]        
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)        
Preferred stock, shares authorized 5,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized
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Preferred stock, par value $ 1.00us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
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Preferred stock, shares outstanding   15,567us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesOutstanding
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Cumulative annual cash dividend per share on preferred stock $ 2.50gmt_CumulativeAnnualCashDividendPerShare
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