System and method for remotely controlling a vehicle consist

A control system comprising:

• an off-board controller configured to identify any one of two or more consists in a vehicle system as a selected consist to remotely control, each of the consists in the vehicle system including a propulsion-generating vehicle,
• wherein the controller is configured to initiate remote control of the propulsion-generating vehicle in the selected consist and to remotely control at least one of tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in the selected consist, the at least one of tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in the selected consist being controlled without also remotely controlling tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in at least one other consist in the vehicle system.

A control system comprising:

• an input device configured to receive a selection of any one of plural consists in a vehicle system having at least a first consist and a second consist, each of the first and second consists including a propulsion-generating vehicle;
• and
• a controller configured to receive the selection of the first consist from the input device, the controller configured to wirelessly transmit data signals to the first consist to independently control at least one of tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle of the first consist without also remotely controlling tractive effort or braking effort provided by the propulsion-generating vehicle in the second consist.