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Line of Credit Maturity Month and Year

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Number of credit facility components.

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Percentage Of Joint Venture Debt Guaranteed

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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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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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Revolving Notes - Additional Information (Detail)			12 Months Ended
Revolving Notes - Additional Information (Detail)	Aug. 27, 2021	Aug. 26, 2021	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($) Facility CreditFacility	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 187,900,000
Long-term Line of Credit			$ 372,176,000	$ 351,526,000
Number of lines of credits \| CreditFacility			3
Senior Secured Credit Facilities, Consisting of 4 Components
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Number of senior secured credit facilities \| Facility			4
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 1,050,000,000.00
Letter of credit facility outstanding amount			8,400,000	$ 28,700,000
Revolving Line of Credit, 1st Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 600,000,000.0
Line of credit maturity date	2026-08	2024-06	2026-08
Revolving Line of Credit, 1st Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			1.50%
Revolving Line of Credit, 1st Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			0.50%
GBX Leasing Warehouse Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 300,000,000.0
Line of credit maturity date			2025-04
Percentage of ownership in join venture			95.00%
Long-term Line of Credit			$ 147,000,000.0
GBX Leasing Warehouse Facility \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			2.00%
European Line of Credit, 2nd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 76,600,000
Long-term Line of Credit			$ 39,000,000.0
European Line of Credit, 2nd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit maturity date			2022-06
European Line of Credit, 2nd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit maturity date			2023-10
European Line of Credit, 2nd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| WIBOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			1.20%
European Line of Credit, 2nd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| WIBOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			1.50%
European Line of Credit, 2nd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| EURIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			1.10%
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Joint Venture Line of Credit, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 70,000,000.0
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 1, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 30,000,000.0
Line of credit facility borrowings outstanding due period			2024-06
Joint venture partner each guaranteed percentage			50.00%
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 1, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			3.75%
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 1, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			4.25%
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 2, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 35,000,000.0
Line of credit facility borrowings outstanding due period			2023-06
Joint venture partner each guaranteed percentage			50.00%
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 2, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			3.70%
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 3, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility maximum capacity			$ 5,000,000.0
Line of credit facility borrowings outstanding due period			2022-09
Mexican Railcar Manufacturing Operations Line of Credit 3, 3rd Component of Senior Secured Credit Facilities \| LIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, percentage points added to the reference rate			2.95%