Net Book Value of Unpledged Equipment.

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt discount.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	$ 2.5	$ 2.7
Senior Notes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	$ 0.2	0.3
Minimum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	1 year
Maximum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	40 years
Corporate Segment [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	$ 0.2	$ 0.3
Corporate Segment [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member] \| 4.55% Senior Notes Due October 2024 [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			4.55%
Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Minimum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lessor, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	1 year
Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Maximum
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lessor, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	10 years	20 years
Wholly-owned subsidiaries \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net book value of unpledged equipment	$ 1,289.5
Wholly-owned subsidiaries \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Non-recourse debt
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount	$ 4,296.0
Wholly-Owned Qualified Subsidiaries for Leasing Railcars from Trusts [Member] \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Railroad transportation equipment leased from independent owner trusts
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract	22 years
TRIP Holdings \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Non-recourse debt \| TRIP Master Funding secured railcar equipment notes
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount	$ 1,249.7
TRL 2012 \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Non-recourse debt \| TRL 2012 secured railcar equipment notes
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Collateral Amount	544.8
Property Lease Guarantee [Member] \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted	3.0
Operating Segments \| Wholly-owned subsidiaries \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	2.5	$ 2.7
Operating Segments \| Wholly-owned subsidiaries \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Senior Notes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	0.0	0.0
Operating Segments \| Partially-Owned Subsidiaries [Member] \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	0.0	0.0
Operating Segments \| Partially-Owned Subsidiaries [Member] \| Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group \| Senior Notes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	0.0	0.0
Operating Segments \| Manufacturing and Corporate [Member] \| Manufacturing and Corporate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	0.0	0.0
Operating Segments \| Manufacturing and Corporate [Member] \| Manufacturing and Corporate [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	$ 0.2	$ 0.3