Financial Data of Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Financial Data of Business Segments [Abstract]

Segment data

	Rail			ASC		Portfolio Management		Other			GATX Consolidated
Three Months Ended June 30, 2012
Profitability
Revenues	$	246.4		$	77.2	$	19.1	$	0.3		$	343.0
Share of affiliates’ earnings		(14.5	)		—		13.2		—			(1.3	)
Total gross income		231.9			77.2		32.3		0.3			341.7
Ownership costs		114.1			7.0		11.8		0.7			133.6
Other costs and expenses		68.2			56.2		5.9		0.1			130.4
Segment profit (loss)	$	49.6		$	14.0	$	14.6	$	(0.5	)		77.7
SG&A												38.9
Income before income taxes											$	38.8
Capital Expenditures
Portfolio investments and capital additions	$	176.9		$	5.5	$	53.4	$	2.3		$	238.1
Selected Balance Sheet Data at June 30, 2012
Investments in affiliated companies	$	128.5		$	—	$	391.0	$	—		$	519.5
Identifiable assets	$	4,552.2		$	301.4	$	804.7	$	259.6		$	5,917.9
Three Months Ended June 30, 2011
Profitability
Revenues	$	237.7		$	58.8	$	17.6	$	0.5		$	314.6
Share of affiliates’ earnings		8.3			—		6.7		—			15.0
Total gross income		246.0			58.8		24.3		0.5			329.6
Ownership costs		114.5			5.9		12.2		1.1			133.7
Other costs and expenses		74.8			44.3		3.3		0.4			122.8
Segment profit (loss)	$	56.7		$	8.6	$	8.8	$	(1.0	)		73.1
SG&A												37.4
Income before income taxes											$	35.7
Capital Expenditures
Portfolio investments and capital additions	$	102.4		$	7.4	$	52.9	$	1.2		$	163.9
Selected Balance Sheet Data at December 31, 2011
Investments in affiliated companies	$	164.4		$	—	$	403.2	$	—		$	567.6
Identifiable assets	$	4,458.2		$	286.3	$	799.5	$	98.5		$	5,642.5

	Rail			ASC		Portfolio Management		Other			GATX Consolidated
Six Months Ended June 30, 2012
Profitability
Revenues	$	490.8		$	89.0	$	47.2	$	0.5		$	627.5
Share of affiliates’ earnings		(16.5	)		—		20.7		—			4.2
Total gross income		474.3			89.0		67.9		0.5			631.7
Ownership costs		228.0			8.8		24.5		2.0			263.3
Other costs and expenses		138.1			64.1		6.8		0.1			209.1
Segment profit (loss)	$	108.2		$	16.1	$	36.6	$	(1.6	)		159.3
SG&A												77.0
Income before income taxes											$	82.3
Capital Expenditures
Portfolio investments and capital additions	$	320.6		$	11.4	$	56.5	$	3.3		$	391.8
Six Months Ended June 30, 2011
Profitability
Revenues	$	474.5		$	70.9	$	33.5	$	0.7		$	579.6
Share of affiliates’ earnings		15.4			—		16.7		—			32.1
Total gross income		489.9			70.9		50.2		0.7			611.7
Ownership costs		229.5			7.9		24.0		2.1			263.5
Other costs and expenses		152.1			53.6		6.7		0.5			212.9
Segment profit (loss)	$	108.3		$	9.4	$	19.5	$	(1.9	)		135.3
SG&A												73.8
Income before income taxes											$	61.5
Capital Expenditures
Portfolio investments and capital additions	$	156.3		$	12.6	$	89.3	$	1.9		$	260.1