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Related Party (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
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Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] | e related payments (receipts) with related parties for the period after the close of the Transaction, November 11, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and for the year ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:
| December 31, 2014 |  | November 11, 2013 to December 31, 2013
| (in thousands)
Payments for tractor purchases | $ | 46,562 |  |  | $ | 6,884 |
Receipts for tractor sales | (15,564 | ) |  | (2,138 | )
Receipts for trailer sales | (103 | ) |  | — |
Revenue equipment lease payments | 6,842 |  |  | 930 |
Payments for parts and services | 5,906 |  |  | 1,058 |
Terminal lease payments | 3,930 |  |  | 572 |
Terminal lease purchase option payment | 2,825 |  |  | — |
Administrative services receipts | (516 | ) |  | (98 | )
| $ | 49,882 |  |  | $ | 7,208 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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