Adhesion control system and method

A control system comprising:

• a control unit electrically coupled to a first vehicle configured to be connected in a consist that includes the first vehicle and one or more other vehicles, the control unit having a processor and being configured to receive signals representing a respective presence and position of plural tractive effort systems respectively on-board the first vehicle and the other vehicles in the consist;
• and
• a set of instructions stored in a non-transient medium accessible by the processor, the instructions configured to control the processor:
• to create a schedule that manages the use of the plural tractive effort systems based on the presence and position of the tractive effort systems within the consist;
• and to control the tractive effort systems based on the schedule that is created;
• wherein each of the first vehicle and the one or more other vehicles includes a respective compressed air reservoir fluidly coupled to a respective one of the plural traction effort systems, each of the plural traction effort systems respectively including a nozzle fluidly coupled to the compressed air reservoir and configured to direct an air jet to a contact surface of a route on which the consist travels.