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Restoration began in 1989, with 345's chassis seeing the first use of the [[Wagon Department]]’s newly acquired shot blasting equipment. The chassis was completely shot blasted and repainted; the reservoir casing of one vacuum cylinder which was damaged during shotblasting was removed and overhauled. Details of the original Regent Oil livery were obtained from Procor Engineering who took over Chas Roberts. The tank barrel was then repainted in all-over black, the Regent Oil signs consisting of two four foot diameter circles of coach panel were fitted, and the lettering completed according to the manufacturer's original drawing.<ref name=SVR92/>
Following this restoration, 345 saw little or no use. However in autumn 2016 2006 it received a further overhaul at Bewdley to enable it to be used by the P. Way Department to store water for the [[Smiths, Rodley DW35 6-ton steam crane |6 ton steam crane]], enabling 431 to be released from this role for overhaul. A new gate valve and 2" BSP outlet pipe were fitted and other repair work was carried out to the brakes and buffers. Repainting was completed in time for the wagon to take part in the 2006 Autumn Steam Gala [[Demonstration Goods Train]].<ref name=SVR155/>
The main photograph shows 345 in Regent Oil livery at Arley in April 2017. It is owned by [[SVR(H)]]<ref name=SB9/>.
