By Sandy Strickland, The Florida Times-Union; August 23, 2019
Alvin “Pete” Carpenter, who rose from railroad brakeman to the president of CSX Transportation, died Tuesday. He was 77 and had been suffering from cancer.
Mr. Carpenter was president and chief executive officer from 1992 to 1999 and vice chairman of the railroad’s parent company, CSX Corp. until his retirement in 2001. As vice chairman, Mr. Carpenter continued working out of Jacksonville, even through the corporate headquarters is in Richmond, Va.