Actually there's more to it than that. The original name for the 7/8" gauge was "CD" and not "S". This is because, as noted above, the gauge of 7/8" and the scale of 3/16" to the foot was introduced by the Cleveland Model and Supply Co. in 1937. They had an extensive ad campaign in Model Railroader for that year to introduce their new CD gauge and they even took the time to get NMRA standards approved for the scale. A.C. Gilbert liked the 3/16" scale and called his first efforts in this field "True Models". I do recall reading that Gilbert eventually chose the name "S" but I can't locate that reference.
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