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Summary of Revenue by Segment and Business Line (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 890,272	$ 899,869	$ 899,513	$ 835,941	$ 915,361	$ 913,386	$ 893,930	$ 848,449	$ 3,525,595	$ 3,571,126	$ 3,373,898
Intermodal [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									2,197,268	2,203,295	2,160,947
Truck brokerage [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									667,992	673,231	643,504
Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									660,335	694,600	569,447
Operating Segments [Member] | Hub [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									2,679,318	2,722,799	2,599,763
Operating Segments [Member] | Hub [Member] | Intermodal [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									1,792,046	1,815,842	1,818,162
Operating Segments [Member] | Hub [Member] | Truck brokerage [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									355,402	338,590	333,027
Operating Segments [Member] | Hub [Member] | Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									531,870	568,367	448,574
Operating Segments [Member] | Mode [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									928,661	931,131	823,159
Operating Segments [Member] | Mode [Member] | Intermodal [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									483,910	466,859	389,186
Operating Segments [Member] | Mode [Member] | Truck brokerage [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									314,498	335,587	311,930
Operating Segments [Member] | Mode [Member] | Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									130,253	128,685	122,043
Intersegment Elims [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									(82,384)	(82,804)	(49,024)
Intersegment Elims [Member] | Intermodal [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									(78,688)	(79,406)	(46,401)
Intersegment Elims [Member] | Truck brokerage [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									(1,908)	(946)	(1,453)
Intersegment Elims [Member] | Logistics [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue									$ (1,788)	$ (2,452)	$ (1,170)

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(d))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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