Firm to stash chlorine at Belmont

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The siding tracks at Belmont, long used to store empty rail cars like the petroleum tankers pictured above, may soon be fenced off to store tanker cars filled with chlorine.

A Texas chlorine manufacturing company is looking to store up to 4,500 tons of toxic chlorine in tanker cars on railroad sidings at Belmont along the state-owned P & L Railroad line on the east side of W...