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Related Party Transactions (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 02, 2013	Oct. 29, 2004	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 24, 2004 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment Management Distributions							$ 36
Non-cash investment segment contribution							0	$ 0	$ 185
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture							0	0	279
Insight Portfolio Group LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party							2	2	2
Icahn Capital [Member] \| Investment Funds [Member] \| Expense Sharing Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Expenses charged by related party							$ 235	155	113
ARL [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership in subsidiary		75.00%					75.00%
ARL [Member] \| Principal Owners and Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Loans and Leases Receivable, Related Parties										$ 171	$ 165
Interest Income, Related Party								6
Related Party Transaction, Rate				1.75%
Investment Funds [Member] \| Principal Owners and Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment in funds							$ 276	500	45
Investment Management Distributions							36
Investments							$ 4,100	$ 4,800
Percentage fair value of investments in Funds that is attributable to Mr. Icahn							55.00%	53.00%
ARI [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership in subsidiary							59.80%
AEP Leasing [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Option to purchase additinal railcars, number of cars							500
Option to purchase additional railcars							$ 70
Railcars purchased						296
Purchase price of railcars						$ 43
Railcar Sales [Member] \| ARL [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party							59
Railcar Sales [Member] \| ARI [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party							10	$ 19	$ 12
Railcar services and support [Member] \| ARI [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Other Revenues from Transactions with Related Party							$ 1
Purchase of railcars [Member] \| AEP Leasing [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Minimum Quantity Required							1,050
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation							$ 150
Investment Segment [Member] \| Koala [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Non-cash Investment segment contribution (derivative liability shares transferred) \| shares									7.7
Non-cash investment segment contribution									$ 185
Railcar Segment [Member] \| American Entertainment Properties Corp. [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Amount paid for management contract between related parties		$ 21
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture		279
Railcar Segment [Member] \| ARL [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash contribution to newly capitalized entity		71
Note receivable contribution to newly capitalized entity		$ 171
Additional debt incurred by newly capitalized entity					$ 381
Cash distributed by newly capitalized entity					$ 381
Percentage of equity ownership in subsidiary			75.00%
Railcar Segment [Member] \| New ARL [Member] [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of equity ownership in subsidiary			75.00%
Agreements with ACF [Member] \| Railcar component sales [Member] \| ARI [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party							18	5	1
Agreements with ACF [Member] \| Railcar Sales [Member] \| ARL [Member] \| ACF [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Expenses from Transactions with Related Party							$ 9	$ 127	$ 57
Investment in funds [Member] \| Investment Funds [Member] \| Principal Owners and Affiliates [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Investment in funds	$ 490