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Partially-Owned Leasing Subsidiaries (Details Textual) (Leasing Group, USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
subsidiaries
board_members
Partially-owned subsidiaries
 
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]  
Number of subsidiaries 2trn_NumberOfSubsidiaries
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_PartiallyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Number of board members 7trn_NumberofBoardMembers
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_PartiallyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Number of TILC designated board members 2trn_NumberofBoardMembersofSubsidiaryDesignatedbyParent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_PartiallyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Carrying value of investment in partially-owned subsidiary $ 227.8trn_CarryingValueOfInvestmentInPartiallyOwnedConsolidatedSubsidiary
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_PartiallyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Weighted average ownership interest in partially-owned subsidiary 39.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_PartiallyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Weighted average ownership interest by institutional investors 61.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_PartiallyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
TRIP Holdings
 
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]  
Date through which equity funding is committed May 2016
Remaining equity commitment outstanding 5.7trn_RemainingEquityCommitmentOutstanding
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_TripHoldingsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Remaining equity commitment outstanding from third parties $ 12.9trn_RemainingEquityCommitmentOutstandingfromThirdParties
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= trn_TripHoldingsMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= trn_RailcarLeasingAndManagementServicesGroupMember
Date through which equity is committed, extended date May 2019