Locomotive in PCS Fault and Remote System won't Link Back Up

No one ever gets to see what I'm gonna show you today. Cars came uncoupled
causing a Locomotive PCS Fault. Then we could not get the remote system to link both locomotives back in sync with each other.
I'll tell and show you what a PCS Fault is on the locomotive and also
show some of our efforts trying to get the remote system to link both
locomotives back up with each other.
We experienced 6 coupler pull aparts from the locomotive to the first car
on the 16 mile trip back to the harbor with loaded coal cars. After that
car was dumped off, we took it out and put a different car back in
it's place.
Coupler on the car had a coupler carrier wear plate which had
fallen out for whatever reason. Carrier wear plate fits under the coupler shank.
That caused a mis match in the coupler height from car to loco.
Car went up to mine fine with no problems, but once it got loaded,
then that made the mis match even greater.
Coupler did not come uncoupled, rather coupler on car slid
down enough so that caused the car to uncouple from the loco.
Several low and/or soft spots in the track surface did not help matters.
Car was pulled from train and fixed that evening.
It was a real pain having to re-couple and also every time to re-link
the remote system back up for every one of those pull aparts. But the
guys hung in there and got the train back safely. All this during a
cold November rainy day.
Here is a picture of a coupler carrier wear plate
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Air Piping diagram was supplied by my good friend Wally. He started out his railroad
career working for Penn Central and went up thru NS where he retired from.
He was an instructor and tech on the 26 brake system for NS and is an extremely
knowledgeable man on the air and braking systems on all locomotives,
EMD and GE. He is also available for in field service calls on these locomotives
as an air brake specialist and instructor. If you would happen to be in need of his
services, please send me a comment and I will relay his contact information to you.
If you call him, you will be very pleased with his services.
Made November 15, 2022
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