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Leases (Details Textual) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Impaired direct financing receivables | $ 0 | $ 0 |
Rent expense | 127,000,000 | 132,000,000 | $ 128,000,000
Contingent rentals from operating leases | 342,000,000 | 329,000,000 |
Direct Financing Leases |  |  |
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Contingent rental income | $ 12,000,000 | $ 12,000,000 | $ 11,000,000
Trucks and Tractors |  |  |
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Minimum lease term of revenue earning equipment | 3 years |  |
Maximum lease term of revenue earning equipment | 7 years |  |
Trailers |  |  |
Operating Leased Assets [Line Items] |  |  |
Maximum lease term of revenue earning equipment | 10 years |  |

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- Definition The increases or decreases in lease payments that result from changes occurring after the inception of the lease in the factors (other than the passage of time) on which lease payments are based, except that any escalation of minimum lease payments relating to increases in construction or acquisition cost of the leased property or for increases in some measure of cost or value during the construction or preconstruction period, are excluded from contingent rentals. Contingent rentals also may include amounts for which the triggering events have not yet occurred or the specified targets for which have not yet been achieved (such as sales based percentage rent), but which events are considered probable of occurring or which specified targets are considered probable of being achieved. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41499-112717 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 40 -Subparagraph (Note 3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584154&loc=d3e38371-112697 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Contingent Rentals -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6508509 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 40 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6452616&loc=d3e36728-112689 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7579899&loc=d3e35050-112683 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6452660&loc=d3e36991-112694 + Details
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