At the moment making connections, for example between a Eurostar service from London to Paris and then to a TGV across France or an ICE high-speed train through Germany can be complicated.
Westinghouse Electric Co. has invested "tens of millions" of dollars in a corporate university designed to train new and current employees, says Jim Ice, director of talent management.
During one of my recent visits, in winter, we rode the elevated train out of Berlin to the southwest and watched the ice boats careen across the Wannsee.
The exercises train U.S. submarine crews to deal with craggy ice keels that extend 20 to 50 feet into the water, and varying salinity levels that complicate communications and navigation under the ice cap.