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Debt and Financing (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Feb. 13, 2014
Mar. 25, 2015
Jan. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Gross $ 1,093,600,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount   1,116,200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount      
Premium/(Discount), Debt (5,400,000)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet   (6,300,000)us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet      
Book Value 1,088,200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt   1,109,900,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt      
Book Value, Current Maturities (14,200,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent   (31,100,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent      
Par Value, Excluding Current Maturities 1,079,400,000yrcw_DebtInstrumentFaceAmountExcludingCurrentMaturities   1,084,500,000yrcw_DebtInstrumentFaceAmountExcludingCurrentMaturities      
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount (Premium), Net, Noncurrent Maturities 5,400,000yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetNoncurrentMaturities   5,700,000yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetNoncurrentMaturities      
Book Value, Excluding Current Maturities 1,074,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent   1,078,800,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent      
Series B Notes Outstanding Principal and Interest         17,900,000.0yrcw_SeriesBNotesOutstandingPrincipalandInterest  
Series B Notes Conversion Price Per Share         $ 18.00yrcw_SeriesBNotesConversionPricePerShare  
Common Stock Shares Converted for Series B Notes         994,689yrcw_CommonStockSharesConvertedforSeriesBNotes  
Expense Related to Fair Value of Incremental Shares Converted 600,000yrcw_ExpenseRelatedtoFairValueofIncrementalSharesConverted 5,100,000yrcw_ExpenseRelatedtoFairValueofIncrementalSharesConverted        
Cash Repayment to Series B Notes holders 300,000.0yrcw_CashRepaymenttoSeriesBNotesholders          
Amortization of premiums and discounts on debt 1,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium 17,700,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium        
Carrying Amount [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Fair Value [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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A&R CDA [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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2014 Term Loan [Domain] [Domain]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Book Value 685,900,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Debt Instrument, Gross, Current Maturities (7,000,000)yrcw_DebtInstrumentGrossCurrentMaturities
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Stated Interest Rate 8.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Average Effective Interest Rate 8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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2014 Term Loan [Domain] [Domain] | Carrying Amount [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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2014 Term Loan [Domain] [Domain] | Fair Value [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Restructured Term Loan [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Book Value     687,300,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Stated Interest Rate     8.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Average Effective Interest Rate     8.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Line of Credit [Member] | 2014 ABL Facility Credit Agreement [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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[1]          
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Book Value 0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Line Of Credit Facility, Total Cash and Availability 84,200,000yrcw_LineOfCreditFacilityTotalCashandAvailability
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Line Of Credit Facility, Total Able to Be Drawn 39,200,000yrcw_LineOfCreditFacilityTotalAbletoBeDrawn
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Line of Credit [Member] | ABL facility - Term A [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Premium/(Discount), Debt     0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Book Value     0us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Borrowing Base 0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
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line of credit facility, Total Availability     51,500,000yrcw_LineofcreditfacilityTotalAvailability
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Capacity 0us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Line of Credit [Member] | ABL facility - Term B [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Debt Instrument, Gross, Current Maturities     (7,000,000)yrcw_DebtInstrumentGrossCurrentMaturities
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Premium/(Discount), Current Maturities     0yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetCurrentMaturities
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Book Value, Current Maturities     (7,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
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Borrowing Base      219,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityRemainingBorrowingCapacity
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line of credit facility, Total Availability     0yrcw_LineofcreditfacilityTotalAvailability
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Capacity      219,900,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Letter of Credit [Member] | 2014 ABL Facility Credit Agreement [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount 365,800,000us-gaap_LettersOfCreditOutstandingAmount
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Pension Contribution Deferral Obligation [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Premium/(Discount), Debt     0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Book Value     73,200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Average Effective Interest Rate     7.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Stated Interest Rate, Minimum             
Stated Interest Rate, Maximum             
Senior Notes [Member] | Carrying Amount [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Fair Value 0us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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Senior Notes [Member] | Fair Value [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Fair Value 0us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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Senior Notes [Member] | Senior A Notes [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Book Value     17,100,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Stated Interest Rate     10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Average Effective Interest Rate     25.60%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Senior Notes [Member] | Senior B Notes            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Premium/(Discount), Debt     0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Book Value     47,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Average Effective Interest Rate     7.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Conversion of stock, shares converted 75,900us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1
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Interest Expense, Debt   400,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
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Make Whole Premium   200,000yrcw_MakeWholePremium
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Amortization of premiums and discounts on debt   200,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
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Number of equity instruments convertible, subsequent month 0yrcw_DebtConversionConvertibleNumberOfEquityInstrumentsSubsequentMonth
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Conversion ratio (future period) 0.0539567yrcw_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatioFuturePeriod
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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio 0.0569476us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionRatio1
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Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount    1,200,000us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1
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Senior Notes [Member] | Series B Note [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Debt Instrument, Gross, Current Maturities     (17,700,000)yrcw_DebtInstrumentGrossCurrentMaturities
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Premium/(Discount), Current Maturities     600,000yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetCurrentMaturities
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Book Value, Current Maturities     (17,100,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
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Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount       50,600,000us-gaap_DebtConversionConvertedInstrumentAmount1
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Secured Second A&R CDA [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Premium/(Discount), Debt 0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Book Value 46,200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Average Effective Interest Rate 7.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Stated Interest Rate, Minimum 3.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum
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Stated Interest Rate, Maximum 18.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum
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Unsecured Second A&R CD [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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Premium/(Discount), Debt 0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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Book Value 73,200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_UnsecuredSecondARCDMember
         
Average Effective Interest Rate 7.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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Stated Interest Rate, Minimum 3.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_UnsecuredSecondARCDMember
         
Stated Interest Rate, Maximum 18.30%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_UnsecuredSecondARCDMember
         
Lease Financing Obligations [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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  285,100,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Premium/(Discount), Debt 0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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  0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
  285,100,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Debt Instrument, Gross, Current Maturities (7,000,000)yrcw_DebtInstrumentGrossCurrentMaturities
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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  (6,800,000)yrcw_DebtInstrumentGrossCurrentMaturities
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Premium/(Discount), Current Maturities 0yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetCurrentMaturities
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
  0yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetCurrentMaturities
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Book Value, Current Maturities (7,000,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
  (6,800,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Average Effective Interest Rate 12.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
  12.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Stated Interest Rate, Minimum 10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
  10.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMinimum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Stated Interest Rate, Maximum 18.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
  18.20%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentageRateRangeMaximum
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Lease Financing Obligations [Member] | Carrying Amount [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Fair Value 282,700,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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  285,100,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Lease Financing Obligations [Member] | Fair Value [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Fair Value 282,700,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= yrcw_LeaseFinancingObligationsMember
     
Other Debt Obligations [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Gross 200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
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  200,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
     
Premium/(Discount), Debt 0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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  0us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNet
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Book Value 200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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  200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
     
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  0yrcw_DebtInstrumentUnamortizedDiscountPremiumNetCurrentMaturities
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
     
Book Value, Current Maturities (200,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
  (200,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
     
Other Debt Obligations [Member] | Carrying Amount [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Fair Value 119,600,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
  120,400,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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= us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
     
Other Debt Obligations [Member] | Fair Value [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Long-term Debt, Fair Value $ 117,900,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
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= us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
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= us-gaap_OtherDebtSecuritiesMember
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[1] As of March 31, 2015, the borrowing base and availability on our ABL Facility were $450.0 million and $84.2 million, respectively. The availability is calculated in accordance with the terms of the ABL Facility and is derived by reducing the borrowing base by our $365.8 million of outstanding letters of credit as of March 31, 2015. The amount which is actually able to be drawn is limited by certain financial covenants in the ABL Facility to $39.2 million.
[2] As of December 31, 2014, the borrowing base and availability on our ABL Facility were $445.5 million and $71.2 million, respectively. The availability is calculated in accordance with the terms of the ABL Facility and is derived by reducing the borrowing base by our $374.3 million of outstanding letters of credit as of December 31, 2014. The amount which is actually able to be drawn is limited by certain financial covenants in the ABL Facility to $27.1 million.