El Calitan cars were high-level like those in the middle of this train.
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"El Capitan" was the name these cars were called because they came from the Santa Fe and ran at first on the Erie Lackawanna." Hence they were "El" (for Erie Lackawanna) "Capitan" for Santa Fe.
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