December 21st saw the arrival of the Picnic Train in Canberra for their summer maintenance program. Locomotives 4903, 5917 and R766 (making its first ever visit to Canberra) helped to shunt the yard and progress several restoration jobs:

-LHY 1613 moved to road 2 for restoration into volunteers facility
-FS 2023 swapped with FS 2082 for roof replacement
-3016 moved to loco road for boiler inspection
-MCE 540 moved to road 5 to free up paint bay
-FS 2023 moved to paint bay
-5917 shunted onto loco pit
-R766 moved onto road 2 hardstand