Caption: Gaspé Railway's short crushed stone train getting unloaded at Maria. In late spring 2025, Beluga Construction contracted the Gaspé Railway in order to transport crushed stones for a beach replenishment project in Maria. From July to December 2025, up to 6 train trips a day carried the stones from a quarry east of Nouvelle to a transload facility on the Route des Hirondelles, in Maria. The stones were then transported by trucks for the short distance remaining to the beach. These operations allowed to lower the vehicular traffic on Route 132 during the summer months, the highway being already saturated with traffic.